Jonathan Scott HartleyVerenigde Staten, 1845–1912Wildflower
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington D.C., Verenigde Staten
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Over de sculptuur
This sculpture captures the childlike innocence of a little girl looking affectionately at the viewer with a slight smile and sidelong gaze. She lives up to her name with the flowers that decorate her shawl and the bottom of the bust. Jonathan Scott Hartley modeled her smooth skin to contrast with the rough textures of her hair and clothing. He created the work in terra-cotta, or fired clay, which gives it a reddish-orange hue that contrasts sharply with white marble sculptures. Terra-cotta statues were popular with middle-class Americans because they were more affordable than marble or bronze pieces. In this case, terra-cotta seems appropriate for a portrait of a peasant girl.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- 1986.5
Wat het toont
In de catalogus
Bronnen
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Afbeelding: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
