Call NumberC2104-036 ARTCreatorBuchan, Marion, 1875-1971Date1953SummaryLow relief plaster relief sculpture on wood base depicts the Greek goddess, Persephone.Physical Description1 sculpture : plaster relief on wood base; 8.6 x 8 x .6 in. (on base 10.6 x 9 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectGoddesses, Greek, in artSculpture, AmericanPlaster sculptureCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialOriginals (objects)Reliefs (sculptures).Original Material Found in CollectionDenver Public Library Western Art CollectionNotesUnsigned. Title from note on verso of base, "Persephone."; "Marian Buchan 1953."--handwritten on label attached to base. On verso of base is attached a note to Jane Silverstein Ries from the sculptor indicating the sculpture was a gift from Marion Buchan to Jane Silverstein Ries and was a model for a bronze which Buchan later produced for Ries' garden wall. Marion Buchan was a noted abstract Colorado sculptor. She was a member of the original group of Fine Art faculty at the University of Denver.Languageeng
