An American Girl
Object Details
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Date
1895
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Object Type
Sculptures
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Medium
Tinted plaster
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Dimensions
14 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.
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Inscriptions
Signed, on back of base: Potter
underneath base: Bessie Potter \ Vonnoh [likely added after 1915]
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Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchase with funds from the Ruth Carter Stevenson Acquisitions Endowment
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Accession Number
1993.1
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Copyright
Public domain
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