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Simone Brangier Boas

Head of Grandmother

1924-1934

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Simone Brangier Boas

Head of Grandmother

1924-1934

Physical Qualities Bronze, Overall: 13 7/8 × 6 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (35.2 × 17.1 × 26 cm.) Without Base: 9 3/8 × 6 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (23.8 × 17.1 × 26 cm.) Base: 4 1/2 × 5 × 5 in. (11.4 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of the Municipal Art Society, Baltimore
Object Number 1946.74
"Madame de Brangier" by Simone Brangier Boas, c. 1930. Bronze.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Municipal Art Society, Baltimore, MD
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer. "American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions," Boston, MA: G.K. Hall., 1990, pp. 242–3

"Preserving the Legacies of Women Artists," BMA Stories, October 2, 2019

Artist

Simone Brangier Boas

1894–1980

American, born France, 1895-1981
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