signed in the lower left and dated 1884. A fine profile portrait of a pretty young woman wearing a lace collar and with her hair in a bun; 22" x 18.5". Thomas Ball (1819-1911) was born in Massachusetts and showed an early propensity for art and music. He attended the Mahew School and worked for Moses Kimball's Boston Museum and Fine Arts Gallery. While there, Ball reproduced paintings on exhibit and he cut silhouettes. By 1837, he had opened his own studio and his work was receiving recognition, some of which was exhibited in 1840 at the Boston Athenaeum and the American Art Union. He did not begin sculpting until mid-century, at which point he sailed for Italy to study. It was there that he befriended fellow ex-patriot Hiram Powers He spent the bulk of the next half century in Florence surrounded by ex-patriot sculptors and achieving much success for his work. Ball returned to America in 1897 and set up a studio in New York (with his son-in-law and fellow sculptor William Couper and he penned 2 autobiographies (My Threescore Years and Ten and My Fourscore Years, a copy of each is included in the lot). Ball is probably best known for his equestrian statue of General George Washington that stands in Boston's Public Garden. Ball also produced sculptures of Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, Paul Revere Susan B. Anthony, and others, as well as numerous classical and allegorical figures. Most of these bas relief plaques seem to have been executed in the mid-1880s. For similar examples, see My Fourscore Years and also Skinner (Boston, MA), September 10, 2004, lot 411. Condition: Minor surface abrasions, some soiling.
signed in the lower left and dated 1884. A fine profile portrait of a pretty young woman wearing a lace collar and with her hair in a bun; 22" x 18.5". Thomas Ball (1819-1911) was born in Massachusetts and showed an early propensity for art and music. He attended the Mahew School and worked for Moses Kimball's Boston Museum and Fine Arts Gallery. While there, Ball reproduced paintings on exhibit and he cut silhouettes. By 1837, he had opened his own studio and his work was receiving recognition, some of which was exhibited in 1840 at the Boston Athenaeum and the American Art Union. He did not begin sculpting until mid-century, at which point he sailed for Italy to study. It was there that he befriended fellow ex-patriot Hiram Powers He spent the bulk of the next half century in Florence surrounded by ex-patriot sculptors and achieving much success for his work. Ball returned to America in 1897 and set up a studio in New York (with his son-in-law and fellow sculptor William Couper and he penned 2 autobiographies (My Threescore Years and Ten and My Fourscore Years, a copy of each is included in the lot). Ball is probably best known for his equestrian statue of General George Washington that stands in Boston's Public Garden. Ball also produced sculptures of Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, Paul Revere Susan B. Anthony, and others, as well as numerous classical and allegorical figures. Most of these bas relief plaques seem to have been executed in the mid-1880s. For similar examples, see My Fourscore Years and also Skinner (Boston, MA), September 10, 2004, lot 411. Condition: Minor surface abrasions, some soiling.
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