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    		• Abbe, Elfriede,
     
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    		• Joel Meisner & Company, Inc.,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Elderly
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Occupation -- Domestic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ithaca
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Yarb Woman, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Abbe, Elfriede, 1919- , sculptor.
    Joel Meisner & Company, Inc., founder.
    Title: 
    Yarb Woman, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1979. Dedicated May 6, 1980.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 24 x 9 x 10 in.; Base: approx. 40 x 13 x 13 in.
    Inscription: 
    (copyright symbol) Elfriede Abbe 1979 (On plaque on front of base:) YARB WOMAN/ELFRIEDE ABBE, SCULPTOR/A GIFT FROM/THE AURACA HERBARIST/6 May 1980
    Description: 
    A small bronze figure of an elderly woman gardener wearing a long dress, gardening clogs, and a broad-brimmed gardening hat is installed atop a slender base in the middle of the Robinson York State Herb Garden. In her proper right hand, the woman holds a shovel that she leans against with her proper right foot resting on the blade. In her proper left hand she holds the stems and roots of some plants. At her feet is a basket of plant materials.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Elderly -- Full length
    Object -- Tool -- Shovel
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Occupation -- Domestic -- Gardening
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ithaca
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Cornell University, Cornell Plantations, One Plantations Road, Robinson York State Herb Garden, Ithaca, New York 14853
    References: 
    Abbe, Elfriede, 1991, 1994.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 74320038
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