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Llimona, Josep,
Figure female -- Nude
Allegory -- Passion
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Desconsol, (sculpture).
Artist:
Llimona, Josep, 1864-1954, sculptor. (copy after)
Title:
Desconsol, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Sorrow, (sculpture).
Dates:
Original 1911. Posthumous copy 1985.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Carrara marble.
Dimensions:
Approx. 8 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 11 in.
Inscription:
usigned
Description:
Nude female figure on her knees with arms and head flung over a support in a gesture of despair.
Subject:
Figure female -- Nude
Allegory -- Passion -- Grief
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
Located Fenway Rose Garden, Park Drive, Rose Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Remarks:
Plaque in front of statue reads: PRESENTED TO BOSTON BY HER SPANISH SISTER CITY/REPRODUCTION OF BARCELONA'S BELOVED 'DESCONSOL'/CREATED IN 1911 BY CATALAN ARTIST JOSEPH LLIMONA/DEDICATED IN 1986/PASQUAL MARAGALL I MIRA MAYOR OF BARCELONA/RAYMOND L. FLYNN MAYOR OF BOSTON.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990.
Boston Art Commission, 1991.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 23.
Related Works:
Copy of: 87710011.
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 87710010
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
87710010
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