Alice

Copied Louis-Auguste Malempré, Alice, 1874, marble, 24 3413 349 12 in. (633524 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1952.13.85
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Artwork Details

Title
Alice
Date
1874
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 3413 349 12 in. (633524 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney
Mediums
Mediums Description
marble
Classifications
Keywords
  • Occupation — art — painter
  • Portrait female — Barney, Alice Pike — bust
Object Number
1952.13.85

Artwork Description

The Alice named on the base of this bust refers to the sitter, Alice Pike Barney, an artist, playwright, and art patron who lived in Washington. On a trip to Rome at age seventeen, she met the sculptor Louis-Auguste Malempre at an exhibition of his marble portrait busts. He invited her to his studio for a small party and she commissioned him to do a portrait of her. The sculptor engraved small dots and lines, called stippling, to create the decorative lace at the top of her dress.