Click here to loginLoginView my BookbagMy List - 0HelpHelp
 Search 
 Search Images 
 About 
   
KeywordBrowseCombinedHighlightsSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
Search:    Refine Search  
> You are only searching: Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
    		• Vedder, Elihu,
     
  •  
    		• Chelsea Tile Works,
     
  •  
    		• Figure female -- Head
     
  •  
    		• Object -- Flower
     
  •  
    		• Decorative arts
     
  •  
    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Sun God, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923, sculptor.
    Chelsea Tile Works, founder.
    Title: 
    The Sun God, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Soul of the Sunflower, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Designed 1868. Modeled 1882. Copyrighted 1882.
    Medium: 
    Cast iron.
    Dimensions: 
    3 parts. (Part a: 30 3/4 x 14 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. [78.1 x 37.2 x 2.9 cm.]); (Part b: 31 1/8 x 23 1/16 x 1 1/16 in. [79.1 x 59.6 x 2.7 cm.]); (Part c:) 30 3/4 x 14 9/16 x 1 3/16 in. [78.1 x 37.0 x 3.0 cm.]).
    Inscription: 
    (Part a, incised, bottom, lower left:) Elihu Vedder (Part b: bottom right, incised:) Elihu Vedder (Part a: bottom right corner, incised:) 1882 (Part b: bottom edge from left to right, incised and partially obstructed:) Copyrighted by Caryl Coleman 1882 (Part b, bottom left edge, incised:) Copyright by (inscription illegible) (Part c, bottom edge from left to right, incised:) Copyrighted by Caryl Coleman 1882 signed
    Description: 
    A fireback in the form of a triptych. Left panel (a) and right panel (c) depict rays of the sun and flowers. The center panel (b) depicts a female-like face with long flowing hair. There are flowers scattered in the bottom area of the center panel.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Head
    Object -- Flower
    Object Type: 
    Decorative arts
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & G Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1991.107.A-C
    Provenance: 
    Sotheby's, New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    A drawing for the piece was executed in 1868. On the back of the center panel (b) there is a blue adhesive label which has black print & blue handwriting which reads: NAME/MC/RECEIPT & ITEM NO. PHOTO DISPOSITION/M125369101/(3). On the center panel (b), top right, there is a white adhesive label with black print and black handwriting which reads: 6206/x5 3/3. On the back of the right panel (c) there is a white adhesive label with black print and black handwriting which reads: 6206/x 5 3/3
    References: 
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1992, 2004.
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.
    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 08582331
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American Sculpture08582331Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System