John Bradley Storrs

John Bradley Storrs
(American, 1885-1956)

Relief of Female Head (Study for Portrait of Jean Schweppe), c. 1935
terracotta signed Storrs (left edge)
Height: 8 ¾ inches. American and European Art signed Storrs (left edge)

Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above, 1988

Exhibited:
New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum; Louisville, Kentucky, J.B. Speed Museum, John Storrs, December 11, 1986-March 22, 1987, p. 139

The subject of this relief is Jean Schweppe, a resident of Lake Forest, Illinois. It was created as a preliminary model for a marble version (Private Collection) executed as a marriage portrait upon her wedding to the Armour heir in 1936.