Hiram Powers

Lot 81: Hiram Powers (1805-1873)

Name: Hiram Powers (1805-1873)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 9148b8e5b0

Est: $100,000 USD - $150,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USDecember 01, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Hiram Powers (1805-1873)
George Washington
signed 'H. Powers Sculp' (on the reverse)
marble
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high on a marble base 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high

Artist or Maker

Hiram Powers

Literature

R.P. Wunder, Hiram Powers: Vermont Sculptor, 1805-1873, Newark, Delaware, 1991, vol. 1, pp. 139-41, 172, 244, 256, 276, 305, 320-21, 331, 333, vol. 2, pp. 207-11, another example illustrated.

Provenance

The Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, New Jersey, 1886.
Sotheby's, New York, 3 December 2008, lot 145.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Notes

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE SOUTHERN COLLECTOR

Auction Details

Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

Christie's

December 01, 2010, 12:00 AM EST

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

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