Live Auction 2058Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955)
Lot 181 Property from a Pennsylvania Estate

Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955)

'Allegresse'

Closed4 December 2008

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USD 52,500

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Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955)
'Allegresse'
inscribed 'Bessie Potter Vonnoh/no. A.IX' and 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (on the base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
26 in. (66.0 cm.) high

Acquired by the present owner, prior to 1990.

Specialist note

'Allegresse' was awarded the Elizabeth N. Watrous Gold Medal of the National Academy in 1921. Another example of this work is in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan.