Name/Title
Hand-carved bench created by Gertrude Brooks, prior 1950Entry/Object ID
2002.68.1Description
ACC. NO. 02.68.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ARTISTS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: BENCH
DESCRIPTION:
OBLONG-SHAPED BENCH OF HAND-CARVED OAK. SEAT HAS A DECORATIVE BORDER, WITH STYLIZED DESIGN. LEGS CONSIST OF A UNIT, WITH CARVED GROTESQUE FACE JOINED TO A STRETCHER WHICH IS ALSO CARVED. SEAT HAS DECORATIVE APRON IN THE FORM OF A PEDESTAL.
SIZE: SEAT TOP: DEPTH 13-1/2"
LENGTH 38
HEIGHT 19
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
THE BENCH WAS HAND-CARVED AND CREATED BY THE LATE GERTRUDE BROOKS. FOLLOWING INFORMATION SOURCE: "ARTIST IN CALIFORNIA, 1786-1940," BY EDAN MILTON HUGHES. GERTRUDE WAS A LANDSCAPE PAINTER, RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA AND GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA IN THE 1920's AND 1930'S. EXHIBITED IN OAKLAND ART GALLERY, 1928. MRS BROOKS WAS A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE ADELPHIAN CLUB AND FRIEND OF EDWIN SIEGFRIED, ALAMEDA ARTIST.
DONOR: ALAMEDA MUSEUM ACQUISITION FUND
CATALOGED: MAY 11, 2002Interpretative Labels
Label
8/28/2022 MvL: current sign:
OAK PIANO BENCH
Gertrude Brooks, c. 1922
Hand-carved by the artist.
