Harriet Hosmer

Lot 103: Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830-1908)

Name: Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1830-1908)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: phhtdcl8yk

Est: $50,000 USD - $70,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 30, 2006

Item Overview

Description

The Sleeping Faun
signed 'HARRIET HOSMER FECIT ROMAE' and inscribed with title 'THE SLEEPING FAUN' (along the base)
marble
29 1/2 in. (75 cm.) high

Artist or Maker

Harriet Hosmer

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2003, lot 218.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Notes

Hosmer first modeled The Sleeping Faun as a response to her teacher's, John Gibson's, Sleeping Shepard Boy, first sculpted in 1824. The Sleeping Faun was first exhibited in 1865 in Dublin, Ireland. There are five known versions of the sculpture, one of which is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Auction Details

American Paintings

Christie's

November 30, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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