Figural Flower Holder

Sculptor: Maude Sherwood Jewett

Origin: American

H 10.5 in.

Year: 1924

circa 1924

circa 1924

Description

American Art Nouveau patinated bronze flower holder “Two Dancers” by, Maude Sherwood Jewett of two standing, tip-toe male & female nudes holding each other's wrists, leaning away from each other as far as possible. The sculpture is signed, “Maude S Jewett 1924” and further impressed, “Gorham Co. Founders QFAL." 1924

References
The identical model is photogrpahed in: 
"Famous Small Bronzes" by, The Gorham Company, co 1928, NY, NY pg.95  
"American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions" by, C.S. Rubinstein, ©1990, p. 157