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Kid's Head
Paul Wayland Bartlett (born New Haven, CT 1865-died Paris, France 1925)
modeled ca. 1877-1880
- Medium
- bronze
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- 6 3/4 x 8 x 6 5/8 in. (17.2 x 20.3 x 16.8 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mary O. Bowditch
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Paul Wayland Bartlett created many sculptures of animals during his early career in France. He studied the menagerie of wild creatures at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris and modeled sculptures of domestic animals such as cats, dogs, and goats. In the tradition of the animaliers, he often focused on facial expressions to capture the animal’s emotion.
