Sea Treasures (from the Wading series), model 1911, cast 1913 or later

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 25.4 × 33.66 × 24.77 cm (10 × 13 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

Accession Number

2015.19.3798

Artists / Makers

Abastenia St. Leger Eberle (sculptor) American, 1878 - 1942

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Inscription

on top of base, proper right: A. ST. L. EBERLE

Provenance

The artist; bequest 1968 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[1] acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] This sculpture, along with others by the artist, had been on long-term loan to the Corcoran at the time of the artist's death in 1942. In 1968, after failed efforts to reach the sculptor's executor, by special authority granted the Corcoran director on advice of counsel, the works were accessioned into the Corcoran's collection, giving credit to the lenders as donors of the objects.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Eberle, Abastenia St. Leger

Exhibition History

1914: Possibly Exhibition of Sculpture by Chester Beach, Abastenia St. L. Eberle, Mahonri Young [on the theme of 'everyday life of the common people'], Macbeth Gallery, New York, February - March 1914, no. 20, as Seaweed.

1932: Small Bronzes by American Sculptors, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1932 (continuing exhibition that opened 8 February 1930).

1975: Loan to display at a State Dinner, The White House, Washington, 15 May 1975.

1980: Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, Sculptor (1878-1942), Des Moines Art Center, 15 July - 17 August 1980, no. 17a, repro.

1987: Women at Work: Sculpture from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1987, unnumbered checklist.

2004: Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art, 1770-1950, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 November 2004 - 7 August 2005, unpublished checklist.

2009: American Bronzes from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 29 April 2009 - 2013, no catalogue.

2013: American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1913: Caffin, Charles. "Sculptures Rich in Life and Art." New York American(1913): 6.

1986: Casteras, Susan P. "Abastenia St. Leger Eberle's White Slave." Woman's Art Journal(1986): 32.

1989: Conner, Janis, and Joel Rosenkranz. Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1983-1938. Austin, 1989: 31.