Statue of a Girl

CultureEuropean

MediumBronze

DimensionsOverall: 15 inches (38.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Kirkwood Estate

Object number34-310/3

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionStanding statue of girl with hands folded in front.Provenance

Provenance

Probably William Rockhill Nelson (1841-1915), Oak Hall, Kansas City, MO, by 1915 [1];

Probably inherited by his daughter, Laura Nelson Kirkwood (1883-1926), Kansas City, MO, 1915-1926;

Inherited by her husband, Irwin Kirkwood (1878-1927), Kansas City, MO, 1926-1927;

Kirkwood Estate, 1927-1934;

Gift of the Kirkwood Estate to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] This is one of a group of objects that came to the Nelson-Atkins from the family of William Rockhill Nelson, one of the museum’s founders, and is thought to have been in Nelson’s home, Oak Hall.

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