Lot 80: William Ordway Partridge (1861-1930)

William Ordway Partridge (1861-1930) >Alfred, Lord Tennyson <br>inscribed 'W. Ordway Partridge/SC' and stamped twice 'S.KLABER&CO/FOUNDERS, N.Y.' (along the base)--inscribed 'Zoppo' (under the base) >bronze with red-brown patina <br>21 in. (53.3 cm.) high >Modeled in 1899; cast <i>circa<i> 1910.

B.O. Flower, "The Soul of Man in Twentieth-Century Sculpture: A Study of Mr. Partridge's Portrait Busts," The Arena, vol. 39, 1908, pp. 3-14, a plaster example illustrated. >W.O. Partridge, The Works in Sculpture of William Ordway Partridge, New York, 1914, p. 62, a marble example illustrated. >L. Taft, The History of American Sculpture, New York, 1917, pp. 429-31, fig. 70, a plaster example illustrated. >M.P. Balge, William Ordway Partridge (1861-1930): American Critic and Sculptor, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware, 1982, pp. 87-89, 120, 154, 333-34.

Private collection, Columbus, Ohio. >Acquired by the present owner from the above.