Adam, 1896

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 22.86 × 20.32 × 16.51 cm (9 × 8 × 6 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 6.35 kg (14 lb.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III [Caroline Ogden-Jones Peter])

Accession Number

2015.19.3769

Artists / Makers

Paul Wayland Bartlett (sculptor) American, 1865 - 1925

Image Use

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Inscription

on back of the base: Paul Wayland Bartlett 96

Provenance

The artist's widow, Suzanne Bartlett [1861-1954], Washington;[1] by inheritance to her daughter by her first husband, Mrs. Armistead Peter III [1894-1965, née Caroline Ogden-Jones], Washington; gift 1958 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] Born Suzanne Frisby Earle, Mrs. Bartlett was married three times, in 1890 to Mahlon Ogden-Jones (1849-1900), in 1903 to Samuel Franklin Emmons (1841-1911), and lastly, in 1913 to the sculptor, whose studio she continued to operate after his death in 1925.

Associated Names

Bartlett, Paul Wayland, Mrs.
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Peter III, Armistead, Mrs.

Bibliography

2011: Barryte, Bernard and Roberta K. Tarbell, eds. Rodin and America: Influence and Adaptation, 1876-1936. Stanford, CA and Milan, Italy, 2011: 109, fig. 54.