Sculpture

Title:

Youth's First Recognition of Love

Object Name:

Sculpture

Object ID:

1916.003

Creator:

Rhodes, Rowland (1865-1903)

Place of Origin:

Paris, France

Date:

1892

Description:

Sculpture. Youth's First Recognition of Love. Plaster. Lifesize. Young man seated on stump or rock gazing down at young girl (child) with hair braided down back. She is on tiptoes looking up at him and within the circle of his arms. Both nude with appropriate leafage. Pigeon at her feet. Accompanied by brass nameplate with black lettering: "Youth's First Recognition of Love. / Roland Rhodes. / Grand Salon, Paris, 1892. / Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893."

Material:

Plaster

Dimensions:

H-62 W-32 D-21 inches

Provenance:

Exhibited at the Grand Solon de Paris, 1892, and at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.
Rowland Rhodes, b. Jan 2, 1865, Newcastle-under-Lyme, England; d. Sept. 10, 1903, Concord, NH. Designed silver for William B. Durgin. Lived in Concord 1887-89 and 1895-1903. Designed the White House silver at the time of Cleveland election. Studied in England and France. Also was an untrained minister preaching in France while studying there. Married in 1894 to Helen W. S. Rhodes.

Credit Line:

Gift of Helen W. S. Rhodes

People:

Rhodes, Rowland (1865-1903)

Subjects:

Sculpture