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Goddess

1921–24
sculptor

Elie Nadelman

(American, born Russian Empire [now Poland], 1882–1946)
Culture
America
Medium
marble
Measurements
with base: 58.1 x 23.5 x 36.2 cm (22 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.576
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

During the Second World War, Elie Nadelman volunteered at the Bronx Veterans Hospital, teaching ceramics in the occupational therapy department.

Description

Sculptor Elie Nadelman once stated, “I employ no other line than the curve, which possesses freshness and force.” This approach is manifest in Goddess, a white marble head of a woman whose composition emphasizes smooth spherical shapes.
White, marble sculpture of a woman's head carved with smoothed features. She has a long, narrow nose, thin lips pressed loosely together, and eyes hazily outlined with no further details. A fine line delineates where her hair would begin, arcing smoothly with a spherical bun visible protruding from the back of her head, a column of two more below barely visible and cast in shadow.

Goddess

1921–24

Elie Nadelman

(American, born Russian Empire [now Poland], 1882–1946)
America

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