Obv: Pygmalion stands in front of a nude Galatea on a pedestal with his arms outstretched / PYGMALION AND GALATEA / KAREN WORTH Rev: Nude figure of Orpheus playing the lyre with birds and animals around him / BROKGREEN GARDENS * SOUTH CAROLINA / © 1981 MACO - BRONZE
Provenance
Collection of Katharine Lane Weems; to MFA November 1989.
Credit Line
Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems
1982
- Designed by Karen Worth, American, born in 1927
- Struck by Medallic Art Company, 1900–1990
Mint
Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Object Place
South Carolina, United States
Catalogue Raisonné
Brookgreen 10
Accession Number
1989.572
Medium or Technique
Patinated bronze