Artist: BESSIE POTTER VONNOH (American,1872 - 1955)
Title: Sleepy Girl in Nightgown - 1979
Medium: Vintage Sculpture Bronze-Alvastone Tabletop Replica from the ALVA MUSEUM
Signature: Artist's Signature, "Bessie Potter Vonnoh" top of base and "© Alva 79" on the bottom of the base
Size: 10 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches
Foundry / Publisher: ALVA MUSEUM - Alva Museum Replicas
Notes: According to The Metropolitan Museum's website, "In her statuettes of solitary female figures, Vonnoh explored the rhythm of movement and the play of drapery over forms."
Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts
About the Artist: Bessie Onahotema Potter (Keyes) Vonnoh is known for Female figure sculpture, statuettes, painting. A sculptor known for her depictions of graceful, serene, female figures with gently sweeping garments,