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Daphne

Artist Harriet Goodhue Hosmer 1830–1908, active in Italy and Great Britain 1852–1900

DateModeled 1853, carved later

MediumMarble on integral socle

Dimensions28 ¼ x 19 ¾ x 12 ½ in. (71.7 x 52 x 31.8 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by the Calvin and Marisa Allen Foundation, Anne Allen Cheatham, and Eli Mathis Cheatham and Charlie McNairy on behalf of the Matrons of the Arts Initiative, and by the bequest of Carlyle Adams

Object number2017.10

On View

On view

ProvenanceJohn Chatley, Jr. (1910–1987), “Mayfair”, West Chester, PA; [Chatley estate sale, West Chester, PA, William H. Bunch Auctioneers, October 10, 1987]; sold to Thomas Folk and Angela Gross, Bernardsville, NJ; [Sale, New York, Christie’s, December 4, 2008, lot 183, illus. (color) (bought-in)]; sold to Conner·Rosenkranz, LLC, New York, NY, 2009; sold to Charles and Marjorie West, Atlanta, GA, 2012; to West estate, 2016; [Sale, Asheville, NC, Brunk Auctions, May 20, 2017, lot 4, illus. (color)]; sold to NCMA, 2017.

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