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Chester Beach

Chester Beach

American, 1881–1956

WA-00043279

Sculpture

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

11

Works in Collection

13

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

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Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (11)

In Peace and War

1937 · Bronze, light brown patina

Diam. 2 7/8 × 3/16 in., 0.4 lb. (7.3 × 0.5 cm, 0.2 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Medal to Commemorate the Treaty of Versailles

Diameter: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medal to Commemorate the Treaty of Versailles

Medal to Commemorate the Treaty of Versailles

Diameter: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Unveiling of Dawn

26 1/4 × 10 × 9 in. (66.7 × 25.4 × 22.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dawn

Overall: 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.); without base: 35.6 cm (14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Wave

78.7 × 37.5 × 31.8 cm (31 × 14 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

My Wife Eleanor

My Wife Eleanor

Art Institute of Chicago

The Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1909

1909 · White metal

Diam. 2-1/4 in. (543.6 cm.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Medal (reverse)

Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Overall: 24.2 x 19.1 x 22.3 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Overall: 15.3 cm (6 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

11 published of 11 catalogued · 4 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
3 published
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Cleveland Design
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Grief
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Medal to Commemorate the Treaty of Versailles
1919 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Dawn
1912 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Medal (reverse)
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Head
1900 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Medal to Commemorate the Treaty of Versailles
1919 · Cleveland Design · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Wave (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Collections3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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