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BUST OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST

Creator(s): Jo Davidson (Sculptor)


About this object

The portrait bust shows Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1940 when she was Mrs. Joseph E. Davies. The highly finished head and neck rise from a surrounding collar of roughened marble. She looks forward and slightly to the left. Her hair is dressed high on her head is curls.

Object name:
BUST OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
Made from:
Marble
Made in:
USA
Date made:
1940-1941
Size:
54 × 40.6 × 24.8 cm (21 1/4 × 16 × 9 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
22.11
Class:
STONE
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE; DATE lower left side of base: JO DAVIDSON 1940-41
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973