Name/Title
La Vague by M. Henry, 1895Entry/Object ID
1997.526.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.526.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD, DECORATIVE
DATE OR PERIOD: 1895
OBJECT: STATUE
DESCRIPTION:
PSEUDO BRONZE STATUE ON CIRCULAR BASE. SUBJECT, NUDE FEMALE FIGURE, STANDING IN OCEAN WAVE. FIGURE IN BRONZE FINISH. WAVE IS TINTED GREEN. BASE HAS ATTACHED BRASS PLAQUE, WITH INCISED CAPTION IN BLACK, "LA VAGUE, PAR M HENRY. THE SCULPTURE ITSELF IS SIGNED, "M HENRY." LOWER BACK SECTION HAS BRASS PLAQUE, WITH INSCRIPTION, "MADE IN FRANCE."
SIZE: H 43"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
STATUE ENTITLED, "LA VAGUE" (THE WAVE), GIVEN TO MR AND MRS BENJAMIN LAMBORN AS A WEDDING GIFT IN 1895. THE LAMBORN'S LIVED FOR MANY YEARS AT 1428 MORTON STREET, ALAMEDA, CA. MR LAMBORN SERVED AS CITY CLERK AT THE TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE STATUE WAS A GIFT FROM MRS A V CLARK, CLARK POTTERIES, WEST END. IT WAS DISPLAYED IN THE FRONT ROOM OF 1428 MORTON STREET UNTIL 1954.
ACQUIRED FROM:
BOB LAMBORN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 20, 1997
