MAG Collection - Hettie Sherman Evarts Beaman

Hettie Sherman Evarts Beaman

1900
22 1/4 x 20 x 3/8 in. (56.5 x 50.8 x 1 cm)

Augustus Saint-Gaudens
American (Dublin, Ireland, 1848 - 1907, Cornish, NH)

Object Type: Sculpture

Medium and Support: Bronze

Credit Line: Gift of Mary Ellen Gaylord

Accession Number: 1994.50

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Location: Not currently on view

Marks

Artist's monogram, upper right

Inscription, upper edge: CORNISH NEW HAMPSHIRE OCTOBER NINETEEN HUNDRED

Inscription, left center in wreath: HETTIE SHERMAN BEAMAN

Foundry mark, lower right: GORHAM CO FOUNDERS

Provenance

Hettie Sherman Evarts Beaman and Charles Cotesworth Beaman, Jr., Cornish, NH; to the Lakin family (Mrs. Lakin was the Beaman's daughter); to their daughter and son-in-law, Hettie Beaman Lakin Shumway and F. Ritter Shumway, Rochester, NY; to their daughter, Mary Ellen Gaylord; given to the Gallery in 1994

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19th century

1800-1900

sculpture

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Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

American Sculpture from the Permanent Collection 8/14/1995 - 2/15/1996

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Audrey Lightkep Miller and Carol Miller Reed. Commitment to Community: Celebrating the Heritage and Legacy of Frank Ritter Shumway & Hettie Beaman Lakin Shumway. Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 1994.
John H. Dryfhout. This Land of Pure Delight: Charles C. Beaman and Blowmedown Farm. Cornish, NH: Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial, 2000.
Article Author: Holcomb, Grant. Article Title: From the Director. Article Scope: Article. MAGazine. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Issue Date: March-April 1995. Page Number: 2
Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
Article Scope: Mention. A Circle of Friends: Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin. Durham, NH: University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire
Article Author: Duffy, Henry J.. Article Title: Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Charles Cotesworth Beaman, 1894; Hettie Sherman Evarts B. Article Scope: Chapter and reproduction. Marjorie B. Searl, ed. Seeing America: painting and sculpture from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2006. Page Number: 118-122

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This object is a member of the following portfolios:

1800 - 1900

1900 - 2000

19th Century American Art

All Sculpture

Seeing America

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Seeing America Inservice Materials from a teacher in-service presentation Spring 2008

Seeing America Chapter on Augustus Saint-Gaudens' portraits of Charles Cotesworth Beaman, and Hettie Sherman Evarts Beaman, written by Henry J. Duffy.