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Abbe, Elfriede,
Joel Meisner & Company, Inc.,
Figure female -- Elderly
Object -- Tool
Dress -- Accessory
Occupation -- Domestic
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Ithaca
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:
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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