Adolph Alexander Weinman
Descending Night

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Descending Night
Date1915
PlaceUnited States
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 54 × 54 × 19 in. (137.2 × 137.2 × 48.3 cm)
Base (Height of cylindrical display base in Beck): 90 1/2 in. (229.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor
Object number26.3
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Twentieth-Century American Sculpture at the White House," First Ladies' Garden at the White House, Washington, DC, September 28, 1995–March 15, 1996.

"Jewel City: Art of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition," de Young Museum, San Francisco, October 17, 2015–January 10, 2016.

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