Hand of the Honorable Lady Neave

1883

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    marble

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall without base: 10.8 × 23.5 × 14.61 cm (4 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
    overall with base: 14.61 × 24.77 × 15.88 cm (5 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
    base: 3.81 × 24.77 × 15.88 cm (1 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.44.132


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 1980s with two other sculptures of hands 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. According to the inscription on the sculpture, Lady Neave had the work made, at the Villa Reale di Marlia in Tuscany, Italy, as a souvenir for her three sons. The Lady Neave named in the inscription has yet to be fully identified.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 4.

Inscriptions

on side of base: THE HON-LADY NEAVE FECE FARE / QUESTO RICORDO PEI SUOI 3 FIGLI; on end of base: R. VILLA DI MARLIA / 15 MARZO 20 1883

Wikidata ID

Q63863553


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