Head of "Victory" Yale University Art Gallery

1902–3

On view, 2nd floor, American Art before 1900

Medium: Patinated bronze with a green marble base
Dimensions: without base: 8 × 7 × 6 1/2 in., 20 lb. (20.3 × 17.8 × 16.5 cm, 9.1 kg)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Leisenring
Accession Number: 2024.98.2
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

With Henry Postar Antiques, Brighton, Mass., about 1955–60 [see note 1]; sold to private collection, California, by 1984 [see also note 1]; sold through Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, to Julia B. Leisenring, Berwyn, Penn., June 25, 1984; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2024

Note 1: According to an invoice from Hirschl & Adler provided to the donor at the time of purchase (Invoice, Hirschl & Adler, New York, June 25, 1984, copy in accession file)

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Inscriptions

NIKH-EIPHNH [Victory-Peace]

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