Ontario Sends Greetings to the Sea
1935 · bronze
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) diam.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Lorado Taft
Artist
WA-00009715
SculptureRenaissance
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
9
Works in Collection
23
Assets Indexed
6
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
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Authority Records (1)
Field Verification (6 fields)
0 cross-verified · 6 single-source
- BiographyMuseum· 80%
- Birth yearMuseum· 80%
- Death yearMuseum· 80%
- NationalityMuseum· 80%
- Primary mediumMuseum· 80%
- Profile imageMuseum· 80%
Source Registry (1)
- MuseumTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
About
Why this artist matters now
Lorado Zadok Taft was an American sculptor, writer and educator. Part of the American Renaissance movement, his monumental pieces include, Fountain of Time, Spirit of the Great Lakes, and The Eternal Indian. His 1903 book, The History of American Sculpture, was the first survey of the subject and stood for decades as the standard reference. With what were seen as progressive views on the subject, he has been credited with helping to advance the status of women as sculptors.
Source: Museum · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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Taste overlap and adjacency
Movement
Renaissance
Medium
Sculpture
Related Artists
12 in graph
Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (9)
Medal Commemorating James Whitcomb Riley
1916 · Bronze
Diam.: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
Artwork sources (4)
9 published of 21 catalogued · 18 with image
- Art Institute Chicago5 published5 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art3 published
- Smithsonian1 published1 img
- + 1 more source · 12 catalogued, not yet published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)
6 entries · 2 sources
- 1935 · Smithsonian · 3 provWikidata·titleWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_url
- 1800 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1800 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1800 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record
Images
Relationships
4Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
Background
Education
Beaux-Arts de Paris
Visual Arts
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Visual Arts
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