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Book SynopsisIn the Gilded Age, when most sculptors aspired to produce monuxadments, Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955) made significant contributions to small bronze sculpture and garden statuary designed for the embellishment of the home. Her work commanded admiration for her fluid and suggestive modeling, graceful lines, and sculptural form.
Trade Review“This much-anticipated project promises to introduce a new generation to Vonnoh’s significant place in the history of American sculpture.” * Fine Art Connoisseur *
“Aronson’s study of (Bessie Potter Vonnoh) is admirable and her treatment is thoroughly unfussy. Those of us who strive to break the canonical mold with our scholarship would be wise to look to both the author and the sculptor for quiet inspiration.” * Ohioana Quarterly *
“This indispensable resource on the American artist Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955) served as the catalogue for a traveling retrospective exhibition of her sculpture. Vonnoh’s work—although well-received in her day—has been underrepresented in exhibitions and scholarly literature.” * Woman’s Art Journal *
A “meticulously stitched together history...well bound and annotated, and amply illustrated, mostly with sculptures but including some photos of the artist and her dwellings.” * Maine Antiques Digest *
“This full-scale, well-researched and -documented volume helps to reestablish Bessie Potter Vonnoh as an important sculptor of the early 20th century.” * The Bloomsbury Review *
