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Urn
On View: Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
1931
DIMENSIONS
height: 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm)
width, top flange: 55 3/4 in. (141.6 cm)
extreme width at handles: 62 in. (157.5 cm)
bottom width, diameter: 31 in., 640 lb. (78.7 cm, 290.3kg) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Herman Bergman fud. Stockhom 1931
SIGNATURE
Low relief, beneath and to the left of one handle: CMV [monogram]
ACCESSION NUMBER
32.479.1
CREDIT LINE
A. Augustus Healy Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pair of bronze urns (identical) decorated with low relief swimming figures, fish, and sea animals.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
CAPTION
Carl Milles (Swedish, 1875–1955). Urn, 1931. Bronze, height: 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 32.479.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , CUR.32.479.1_32.479.2.jpg)
IMAGE
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