Bela Lyon Pratt Bas-Relief Plaque Engraver: Richard Henry Recchia (1885–1983)

1910

Numismatics

On view, 1st floor, Numismatics
Medium

Cast bronze

Dimensions

with mounting: 24 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (62.2 × 42.5 cm)

Credit Line

Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, Fund

Accession Number

2008.123.1

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

Modern

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: BELA . LYON . PRATT beneath. Three-quarter length figure of American sculptor Pratt (1867-1917) in working clothes, a boaster in his extended right hand, a lump of clay in his left hand held waist high, profile right; full name on bottom plinth. Signed and dated by artist Recchia lower left. Signed at lower l. R. H. RECCHIA 1910.
Provenance
Antony Terranova, New York, to 2008; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 158, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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