Night

Artist John Bradley Storrs (1885 - 1956)

Date1929

MediumBronze

Dimensions66 x 18 x 18 in. (167.6 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2008.25

Signedverso, on base: JOHN / STORRS / 1929

Accession number 2008.25

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On view

Provenancecommissioned by Alfred E. Hamill, Lake Forest, IL; to Private Collection; to (Sotheby's Inc., New York, NY), 2008; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2008
Label TextJohn Bradley Storrs uses the nude female figure to represent night and day. In art, the female body is often used in this way, as an allegory or stand-in for abstract concepts. Does the women’s lack of clothing matter as much to you as a viewer, knowing they are symbols?

John Bradley Storrs utiliza la figura femenina desnuda para representar la noche y el día. En el arte, el cuerpo femenino se utiliza con frecuencia de esta manera, como una alegoría o representación de conceptos abstractos. Como espectador, ¿la falta de ropa de las mujeres le resulta relevante, sabiendo que son símbolos?
Markingsfoundry stamp: Valsuani Cire Perdue, Paris