Thomas Ball, Sunshine

(Massachusetts/New Jersey, 1819-1911)

A young girl wreathed in flowers and smiling, 1872, signed on back "T. Ball 1872", carved white marble, 19-1/2 x 14 x 8-1/4 in.

Provenance: Property of the Montclair Art Museum, sold to benefit the Acquisition Endowment Fund; Christie's New York, May 20, 2009, lot 135, sold post-sale; Mrs. Elizabeth E. DeHart, gift to the present owner, 1976; The Delany Collection of American Furniture and Decorative Arts

Literature: Montclair Art Museum, Spatial Matters: Sculpture from the

Collection, exhibition catalog, (1996), p.15.

Exhibited: Montclair Art Museum, Spatial Matters:

Sculpture from the Collection, Montclair, New Jersey, January 21-August 4, 1996.