Puck
c. 1856
Sculptor, American, 1830 - 1908
Artwork overview
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Medium
marble
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 78.74 × 50.8 × 38.1 cm (31 × 20 × 15 in.)
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Accession
2018.44.130
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, New York); purchased January 2005 by William H. [1929-2020] and Abigail Booth Gerdts, New York;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Per documention from Abigail Booth Gerdts provided with the gift, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on front center of base: Puck; on back of base: Harriet Hosmer Fecit Rome
Wikidata ID
Q63863995