Bidspirit auction | Stella Elkins Tyler, (Philadelphia/Bucks County

Stella Elkins Tyler, (Philadelphia/Bucks County PA, 1884-1963), Stooping Nude - Stella Elkins Tyler, (Philadelphia/Bucks County PA, 1884-1963), Stooping Nude    Dated 1933, in patinated bronze, depicting a stooping nude woman, signed and dated at the top of the base, with Roman Bronze Works, N.Y. foundry mark. The piece bears a resemblance – and may have been a prelude -- to  the artist’s  Pensive Mood or Thoughtful Mood, 1939     Dimensions:  7 x 5 3/4in, height is 11 1/2in    The artist:  ”Stella Von Tuyl Elkins was born into wealth and married into wealth, raised in Elkins Park, the first true suburb of Philadelphia, which was owned by and named after her grandfather, William Lukens Elkins (1832-1903). The town’s namesake made his fortune as one of the original partners of Standard Oil, then as a shareholder in Philadelphia’s street railroads. Over the course of 25 years, Stella displayed roughly 150 of her pieces, most of which were single castings, meaning her bronzes were one of a kind. The majority of Tyler’s collected works live at BCCC and include 29 bronze sculptures, 2 plaster models, and other plaster fragments. Additional pieces are housed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, as well as in private collections, and by Tyler family descendants and friends. Indeed, the influence of Stella is everywhere, in estates and museums spread across multiple counties in eastern Pennsylvania, and within every graduate and beneficiary of her generosity to academia. That so much of her work is available to the masses on public grounds remains vital to the accessibility that Stella valued so much during her life.” (courtesy of Art News Now, https://artsnewsnow.com/arts_news/legacy-of-stella-elkins-tyler)   Condition: Good condition.