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  • Palmer, Erastus Dow,
     
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  • Calverley, Charles,
     
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  • Figure female -- Nude
     
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  • State of Being -- Other
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    Sleep, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Palmer, Erastus Dow, 1817-1904, sculptor.
    Calverley, Charles, 1833-1914, carver.
    Title: 
    Sleep, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1858.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: white marble; Base: walnut.
    Dimensions: 
    H. 26 in.
    Description: 
    A reclining youthful female figure lying nude on a piece of drapery that covers her lower arm and lower right leg. She has her eyes closed as if in sleep.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Nude
    State of Being -- Other -- Sleep
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Olana State Historic Site, R. D. 2, Hudson, New York 12534
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Church, Frederic Edwin,
    Remarks: 
    The base is a reproduction of the original which was designed by Frederic E. Church in June 1867. At the time of the SOS! survey, the sculpture had been moved indoors.
    References: 
    Olana State Historic Site, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Webster, J. Carson, "Erastus D. Palmer," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1983, pg. 174.
    Illustration: 
    Webster, J. Carson, "Erastus D. Palmer," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1983, pl. 69.
    Related Works: 
    For copy see: 34850012.
    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 34850011
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