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Dawn

1912
sculptor

Chester Beach

(American, 1881–1956)
Culture
America
Medium
marble
Measurements
Overall: 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.); without base: 35.6 cm (14 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift 1917.630
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

Chester Beach traded two of his sculptures to a farmer in Brewster, NY, obtaining land where he built his studio and a summer home.

Description

Created while Chester Beach was living in Rome, Dawn features a nude man on horseback against a background of human forms emerging from a cloud of rolling mist. Although carved in the round from a block of marble, the sculpture has one primary view.

Dawn

1912

Chester Beach

(American, 1881–1956)
America

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