Lot 1228: Evelyn Beatrice Longman (American, 1874-1954) Victory, 1903; Bronze; Signed and dated "No5 / EVELYN B. LONGMAN / 1903" with foundry mark "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y"; 27 1/4" high, 29" (with base); Foundry: Roman Bronze Works, New York (cast 1908);

Evelyn Beatrice Longman (American, 1874-1954) Victory, 1903; Bronze; Signed and dated "No5 / EVELYN B. LONGMAN / 1903" with foundry mark "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y"; 27 1/4" high, 29" (with base); Foundry: Roman Bronze Works, New York (cast 1908); Literature: Gardner, Albert TenEyck. American Sculpture: The Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1965 (page 117, illustration of another example); Exhibition: "The Woman Sculptor Malvina Hoffman and Her Contemporaries," Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, October 24 - December 8, 1984 (cat. no. 28, another example); Provenance: Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, NY; Note: The original sculpture was a finial for the dome of Festival Hall at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904