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(Memorial Plaque to Anne Bremer), (sculpture). Artist:  Walter, Edgar, 1877-1938, sculptor. Title:  (Memorial Plaque to Anne Bremer), (sculpture). Dates:  1935. Medium:  Painted marble or plaster. Dimensions:  Approx. 36 1/4 x 36 x 1/2 in. Inscription:  (Around edge of plaque:) TO REMEMBER ANNE M. BREMER/ARTIST AND POET unsigned Description:  Lunette-shaped bas-relief of a nude female figure. She kneels in proper left profile on her proper left leg. Her proper right knee is upright. Her torso is twisted to face the viewer and her head is turned to look back. She holds both of her hands at shoulder level. In each hand is a vessel with water flowing out and down into a stream beneath her. A single flower grows up behind her proper left foot. Subject:  Homage -- Bremer, Anne Occupation -- Art -- Painter Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Figure female -- Nude Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Relief Sculpture Owner:  San Francisco Zen Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, California 94102 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Emanu-El Sisterhood Residence, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, California Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The plaque was commissioned by Albert Bender to pay tribute to Anne Millay Bremer (1868-1923), a painter, poet, and muralist from San Francisco. The memorial plaque was commissioned in the decade following her death and placed at the Emanu-El Sisterhood residence, later the San Francisco Zen Center. IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Martin Snipper's "A Survey of Art Work in the City and County of San Francisco", San Francisco: Art Commission, 1953. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993. 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 CA001807   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001807 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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