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Pair of candelabra, "The Three Graces"

(American, 1870–1935)
1905
Object PlaceNew York, New York
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight x width: 58.4 x 30.5 cm (23 x 12 in.)
Credit LineAmerican Decorative Arts Curator's Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by Elizabeth and Ulf Heide, and the Karolik Society
Accession number2016.174.1-2
On View
On view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1908, Bauer-Folsom Gallery, New York [see note]. 1989, sold by an unknown gallery, Los Angeles to a private collector; 2016, sold by the private collector to Historical Design, Inc., New York; 2016, sold by Historical Design, Inc. to the MFA. (Accession date: May 25, 2016)

NOTES: Probably the "bronze candelabra” displayed in the 1908 exhibition of Clara Hill's work at the gallery.

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