About the Artwork
Polar Bears
1916
Frederick George Richard Roth
1872-1944
American
Unknown
Bronze
Overall: 24 × 18 × 15 1/2 inches (61 × 45.7 × 39.4 cm)
Sculpture
American Art before 1950
Gift of George G. Booth
19.55
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Markings
Signed and inscribed: F G R Roth [copyright symbol]
Signed and inscribed: F G R Roth [copyright symbol]
Provenance
George G. Booth
1919-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 1, 2: p. 29 (ill.).
Bulletin of the DIA 11, 2-3: p. 20.
Arts and Crafts in Detroit: 1906-1976. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1976, no. 93 (ill.).
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Frederick George Richard Roth, Polar Bears, 1916, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of George G. Booth, 19.55.
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