Property from a Private Collection, Detroit
The Bride of Spring
Auction Closed
January 24, 06:07 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Detroit
Edmonia Lewis
1844 - 1907
The Bride of Spring
signed E Lewis., titled The Bride of Spring. and dated Roma 1879 (along the base)
marble
height: 48 in. 121.9 cm.
Executed in 1879.
(possibly) Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati (acquired directly from the artist circa 1880)
Prꦐivate Collection, Paris, Kentucky (acquire🅠d from the above)
Paris-Bourbon County Library, K🎶entucky (acquired from the above)
Cowan's Auctio🦋ns, Cincinnati, 12 October 2007, lot 644 (consigned by the꧒ above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Diane Heilenman, "Rare Piece Found in Kentucky," The Courier-Journal, Louisville, 3 June 2007, pp. I-1 and I-ও4, illustrated in color
"Sculpture by Black Artist Resurfaces," The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio, 21 July 2007, p. 51, illustrated
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