Description:
Alice Morgan Wright (American, 1881-1975)
The Off-Shore Wind, c. 1916
Signed "ALICE MORGAN WRIGHT" on the top of the base by the figure's left foot, marked "GORHAM CO. Founders/QALX" on the back edge of the base.
Bronze with brown patina, height 10 1/2 in. (27.0 cm),on an integral base with Viking ships in relief.
Condition: Areas of wear to the patina.
Provenance: The Reingold Collection; to Rago Arts and Auction Center (The Reingold Collection, 100 Years of American Sculpture, May 20, 2007); to Peter Bissell, Cooperstown, New York; to the current owner.
Literature: Betsy Fahlman, Sculpture and Suffrage: The Art and Life of Alice Morgan Wright (Albany: Albany Institute of History and Art, 1978),p. 20, illus. no. 5.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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