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Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2010


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Pedestal and lamp

about 1911
Designed by Fernand Cesar Auguste Bernard James Moreau
Designed by Fritz Wilhelm Albert
Possibly designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Manufactured by Northwestern Terra Cotta Company
Overall: 162.6 x 33 x 30.5 cm (64 x 13 x 12 in.) Other (Pedestal): 96.5 cm (38 in.)
Glazed terracotta

Classification: Sculpture

Object Place: Chicago, Illinois

Accession number: 2009.5318.1-2

Location: Link between: American Impressionism, and The Boston School

Description: In three pieces- base, figure (lamp), lamp top/cap

Provenance/Ownership History: By November 2006, Cincinnati Art Galleries auction house; November 2006, purchased at Cincinnati Art Galleries by antiques dealer Fred T. Parks, Towson, Maryland; 2009, purchased for the MFA by J. Parker Prindle

Gift of J. Parker Prindle in memory of J. P. Prindle, Sr.