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Lot 19
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle(1878-1942)Old Woman Picking Up Coal 11 1/4in high
19 November 2018, 16:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$12,500 inc. premium
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Abastenia St. Leger Eberle (1878-1942)
Old Woman Picking Up Coal
inscribed 'A St L Eberle' (along the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
11 1/4in high
Modeled by 1908.
inscribed 'A St L Eberle' (along the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
11 1/4in high
Modeled by 1908.
Footnotes
Literature
L. Mechlin, "The National Sculpture Society's Exhibition at Baltimore - II. Imaginative Work," International Studio, vol. XXXV, no. 138, August 1908, p. XLVIII, another example illustrated.
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle: Sculptor (1878-1942), Des Moines, Iowa, 1980, n.p., no. 44, another example listed.
C.S. Rubinstein, American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990, p. 215.
While the exact size of the edition of Old Woman Picking Up Coal sculptures is unknown, an exhibition catalogue produced by the Des Moines Art Center, the author notes that Eberle's genre figures were believed to be cast in relatively limited numbers. (Abastenia St. Leger Eberle: Sculptor (1878-1942), Des Moines, Iowa, 1980, n.p.) Another example of Old Woman Picking Up Coal can be found in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.