Narrow flanking panel for central composition. Pearl rocaille escutcheon swings from branch of under water plant, with fish swimming about. Large conch shell at bottom.
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Title: "The Mermaid Window", Design for Stained Glass Window for the A.H. Barney Residence, New York, NY
Rights: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Medium: Color crayon, brush and gold paint on off-white wove paper
Paper Support: Off white wove paper, three sheets mounted together
Inscribed: Copyright 1887 By E. Vedder
Exhibitions: American Academy of Arts and Letters, Catalogue of Exhibition of the Works of Elihu Vedder," (1937), 215.Washington, D.C. - National Collection of the Fine Arts,Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder, October 13, 1978- January 1, 1979.traveled to: Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn Museum, May 12 - July 8, 1979.New York, NY - CHNDM, "The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource," exhibited rotation 1: 03/26/91 - 07/22/91.New York, NY - CHNDM, "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008," March 7 - July 6, 2008.
Dimensions: 50.2 x 39.7 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.)
Bibliography: Regina Soria, et al., Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. 180-181 [illus.]
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