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Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2010

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Double portrait of a man and a woman

1882
Charles L. Hogeboom
Overall: 69.2 x 59.7 cm (27 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
Plaster sculpture; wood, copper, and velvet frame

Classification: Sculpture

Object Place: New York, New York

Accession number: 2009.5107

Location: David and Stacey Goel Gallery (Life in America)

Description: Plaster relief sculpture with an ebonized wood frame with copper repousse liner and terra cotta colored velvet surround. Intaglio, hollow relief double portrait of a man and a woman.

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; probably owned in Utica, New York in 1937 (see note); May 17, 2009, purchased by Andrew Spindler-Roesle at Northeast Auctions; 2009, gift of Spindler-Roesle to the MFA. Note: Newspaper found inside the frame (from past restoration/reframing) is the Utica Observer-Dispatch dated Friday, February 19, 1937.

Gift of Andrew Spindler-Roesle