Bird, Adelheid Lange Roosevelt

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1878–1962
Bird, circa 1913
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: cherry wood
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): including base 28 x 4.8 x 4.4 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 11 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Friends of the Art Museum
Accession number: 1981.0045
Not on display

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Adelheid “Heidi’’ Lange Roosevelt was an American who trained as an architect but quickly developed a fascination with modern art when she moved to Paris in the early 1910s. Soon Roosevelt began creating sophisticated abstract carvings, such as this piece titled Bird.

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