Lot 26: RICHARD HENRY PARK

RICHARD HENRY PARK AMERICAN B. 1832 YOUNG GIRL WITH BUTTERFLY signed Prof. R.H.Park / Sculp. 1879 white carrara marble the figure: 50 in.; the pedestal: 35 in. 127 cm; 89 cm

Park was born in Baltimore and was active in New York as well as in Florence, Italy. Today he is best known for his Actor's Monument to the poet Edgar Allan Poe made in 1884, which is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The memorial was placed by the actors of New York to express sympathy and honor two art forms, cherished by Poe, acting and literature.