Tired Mercury
Robert Ingersoll Aitken, American, 1878 - 1949
Roman Bronze Works, New York
1907
Bronze
Overall: 30 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 8 13/16 in. (76.8 × 23.5 × 22.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968
EL.2017.65.110
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
AITKEN 1907 PARIS; stamped ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N. Y.
Course History
CLST 04, Classical Mythology, Simone Oppen, Fall 2019
Publication History
Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 282.
Provenance
American Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Christie's, New York, lot 99, March 11, 1993; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, 1993; lent to present collection, 2017.
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