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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: John Storrs, Modern Madonna, c. 1918

John Storrs

Modern Madonna, c. 1918
Polychromed cast stone
23 x 7 1/2 x 5 inches
58.4 x 19.1 x 12.7 cm
Signed on verso of base: STORRS
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Provenance

The artist; to
Private collection, by gift, until 1990; to
[Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York]; to
Private collection, Midwest, 1992 until the present

Exhibitions

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, Uncommon Spirit: Sculpture in America 1800-1940, April 22-June 9, 1989, p. 87, no. 60, illus. // Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, Counterpoint, Two Centuries of American Masters, April 21-June 8, 1990, p. 85, no. 54, illus. in color // cf. Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, The Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection: Twentieth-century Sculpture and Sculptors' Work on Paper, September 30-December 3, 1995, p. 186, no. 55.1 (smaller version exhibited and illustrated)

Literature

cf. Michael Edward Shapiro, “Twentieth Century American Sculpture,” The Bulletin of The Saint Louis Art Museum, XVIII, Winter 1986, p. 15, illus. // cf. Noel Frackman, John Storrs, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1986, p. 21, fig. 8
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