Child's Hand

Hiram Powers’s first daughter, Louisa Greenough Powers, was born in 1838. Powers made many casts of his daughter’s hands and forearms, including Louisa Powers’ Hand, taken when she was one year old. This cast was displayed in the artist’s studio on a luxurious green cushion. From this, Powers modeled a sculpture of a small hand resting on an open sunflower, a symbol of devotion. The piece became so popular that clients requested replicas for many years after the first version was completed. The later Loulie’s Hand, modeled in 1851, was commissioned by James Lenox, a New York merchant and philanthropist.

À propos de la sculpture

Notice

Dans la même salle · Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 17B, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sur le même thème · Anatomical study

Oui, elle reçoit

Ce qu’elle montre

Au catalogue

Sources

Andrew Jackson

George Washington

The Greek Slave

Fisher Boy

Proserpine

Bust of "The Greek Slave"

America

California

Alma Hammond L'Hommedieu, 1872 or 1873

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, modeled 1869

Judge Alphonso Taft, 1869

Henry Barrett Crosby, 1869 or 1870

Caleb Fiske Harris, 1867

Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1867

Louisa Greenough Powers Ibbotson, 1862

Solomon Sturgis, modeled 1862

Study of the "Ecorché" [recto], c. 1865/1870

Anatomy Studies, 1911

Anatomical Study, n.d.

Dogs, n.d.

Study of Arm, n.d.

Horse Study, n.d.

Arm Studies, #2, 1895

Horses' Heads, n.d.