Mildred Howells

1897

Not on view

This medal of poet and artist Mildred Howells (1873-1966) was excerpted from Saint-Gaudens’s rectangular low-relief portrait of the sitter posed alongside her father, writer William Dean Howells. The reduced circular shape illustrates Saint-Gaudens’s mastery of compositional design, as the simple lines of Howells’s right-facing profile are enlivened by the bold twists and delicate wisps of her low-swept bun.

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Title: Mildred Howells
Artist: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire)
Date: 1897
Culture: American
Medium: silvered bronze
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Jean Gibran, in memory of Kahlil Gibran, sculptor (1922-2008), 2009
Object Number: 2009.432a, b
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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