Le Génie du Progrès (The Spirit of Progress)
Émile-Louis Picault, French, 1863 - 1909
not dated
Bronze
Overall: 36 in. (91.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Charles W. Isbell, Class of 1918
S.969.68
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, near base at back: E. Picault; on brass label: Le Genie du Progres / Par E. Picault; on ribbon around laurel leaves: Excelsior
Exhibition History
Curator's Choice: Dartmouth College Permanent Collection, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29, 1976-January 19, 1977.
Provenance
Charles Winchell Isbell (1896-1970); given to present collection, 1969.
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