About the Artwork
Imposing on Good Nature
1872
Clark Plympton and Company (Collaborator) American Daniel Chester French (Designer) American, 1850-1931 Robinson & Leadbeater (Manufacturer) English, 1864 - 1905
Parian ware
Overall: 4 7/8 × 9 3/4 × 4 1/2 inches (12.4 × 24.8 × 11.4 cm)
Ceramics
American Art before 1950
Bequest of Miss Gracie B. Krum
58.67
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Markings
Inscribed, on base: D C French
Moulded, on base: IMPOSING on GOOD NATURE Moulded, on top of the base: [English Design Registration marks] July 1,1872
Provenance
Gracie B. Krum
1958-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Antiques 11, 4 (1927): pp. 273-275 (ill.).
Richman, Michael. Daniel Chester French, An American Sculptor. Exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1976, pp. 4, 31 (note 10).
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Daniel Chester French; Robinson & Leadbeater; Clark Plympton and Company, Imposing on Good Nature, 1872, parian ware. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Miss Gracie B. Krum, 58.67.
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