Artwork Details
34 x 11 x 13 in.
Mark DescriptionInscribed, right, top of base, right of figure's standing foot: F. MacMonnies 1894 Inscribed, back, top of base, behind figure's standing foot: E. GRUET | JEUNE | FONDEUR | 44 •• AVENUE DE CHATILON | • PARIS •
Accession NumberGift of Albert J. Beveridge
CopyrightAmerican Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
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Gallery Labels
- The attention to muscle, baby fat, and the young woman’s excited face went beyond what was acceptable for the time.
- The sculpture created a controversy when it was denounced by civic leaders in Puritan Boston who felt it celebrated lewd morals and drunken behavior.
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