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Girl Skating, Abastenia St. Léger Eberle, modeled 1906
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, portraitAbastenia St. Leger EberleAmerican, 1878–1942

Girl Skating

modeled 1906 · Sculpture · 32.8 × 29.2 cm

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Where is “Girl Skating” now? Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Unknown.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

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About the sculpture

Abastenia Eberle created several bronze casts of Girl Skating (also known as Roller Skating or Girl with Roller Skate). A year after she was elected to the National Sculpture Society, Eberle exhibited Girl Skating in New York City and Philadelphia. As her first piece that displayed the children of Manhattan's streets, it marked the beginning of her focus on urban poverty. Eberle addressed social issues in this sculpture while capturing the spirit of these poor communities. Girl Skating's uneven surfaces accentuate the girl's tattered appearance, yet her outstretched arms and open-mouthed expression still convey joy and the thrill of play.

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Details

Accession number
2011.29

What it shows

Sport and playFemale figuresRecreationChildSkating

In the catalog

SculptureBronzeModernism20th century

Sources

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Girl Skating, Mary Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, 1906

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1906 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Girls Dancing, Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, 1907

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1907 · National Gallery of Art

Sea Treasures, Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, Modeled 1911, cast 1913–14

Sea Treasures

Modeled 1911, cast 1913–14 · Art Institute of Chicago

Sea Treasures (from the Wading series), Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, model 1911, cast 1913 or later

Sea Treasures (from the Wading series)

model 1911, cast 1913 or later · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Girl Standing (from the Wading series), Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, model 1911, cast 1913 or later

Girl Standing (from the Wading series)

model 1911, cast 1913 or later · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Girl Seated (from the Wading series), Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, model 1911, cast 1913 or later

Girl Seated (from the Wading series)

model 1911, cast 1913 or later · Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Little Girl, Seated, Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, c 1900– 1925

Little Girl, Seated

c 1900– 1925 · Not on view · The Cleveland Museum of Art

Roller Skating, Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, c. 1906

Roller Skating

c. 1906 · Not on view · Whitney Museum of American Art

On view at Smithsonian American Art Museum

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