William M. McVey
L'Écrivain

L'Écrivain
L'Écrivain
L'Écrivain
ArtistAmerican, 1905–1995
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • L'Écrivain
  • The Writer
Dateno date
PlaceTexas, United States
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 12 × 6 × 8 7/8 in. (30.5 × 15.2 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Object number2005.38
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"3" in a circle
"McVey" underlined, located on the back of the neck

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Garden bench (panel representing Painting)
William M. McVey
Garden bench (panel representing Painting)
1935
Indiana limestone
35.40.A
Garden bench (Panel representing Flower Arrangement)
William M. McVey
Garden bench (Panel representing Flower Arrangement)
1935
Indiana limestone
35.40.D
Garden bench (panel representing Sculpture)
William M. McVey
Garden bench (panel representing Sculpture)
1935
Indiana limestone
35.40.B
Garden bench (panel representing Music)
William M. McVey
Garden bench (panel representing Music)
1935
Indiana limestone
35.40.C
Untitled
William M. McVey
Untitled
c. 1937
Plaster
2005.37
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William M. McVey
Compositional Study
1927
Watercolor on wove paper [recto]; graphite with watercolor [verso]
29.1
Fairport Light
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Fairport Light
1928
Watercolor on wove paper
29.2
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Feral Benga (Benga: Dance Figure)
1935
Bronze
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Bronze with greenish-black patina
98.252
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1889–90 (this version cast in 1917)
Bronze, lost-wax cast
98.251
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Copyright July 30, 1904
Bronze
94.1146
Overall
Gyula Kosice
Escultura articulada en bronce (Articulated Sculpture in Bronze)
1945
Bronze
2021.345