Exhibit#1 Brookgreen Collection
Mercury
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| Accession# |
1940.011 |
| Artist |
Williams, Wheeler |
| Collection |
Art Objects |
| Description |
"Mercury" by Wheeler Williams
Figure/child/god/turtle/rainbow
"Mercury, as a boy, springs forward over a rainbow, caduceus in the right hand, the left extended. There is a short cape over his shoulders and the winged petasus over his crisp curls. A tortoise stands beside his foot." (Proske 365) |
| Home Location |
Muses Garden |
| Makers mark |
M.SCOMA FDRY [BKLYN.] N.Y |
| Material |
Lead |
| Medium |
Metal/lead/cast |
| Object ID |
S.1940.011 |
| Object Name |
Sculpture |
| Recfrom |
Purchase/Arden Galleries/AMH |
| Sig Loc |
on base at back |
| Signed Name |
.MERCVRY.c.NO.2.WHEELER.WILLIAM |
| Sub-category |
Art |
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Last modified on: October 11, 2007
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