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MARGARET BRASSLER KANE Female Torso.
Carved Honduran mahogany, circa 1939. 594 mm; 23 3/8 inches (height). Carved with the artist's signature and inscribed "Limited Edition Robinson Galleries, Inc., N.Y.," verso.
Provenance: Robinson Galleries, New York; private collection, New York.
Published: White, "Carving Her Way into the Smithsonian," Greenwich, December 1991, page 91 (a bronze example illustrated).
Robinson Galleries was founded by George Robinson circa 1933 with the mission of making sculpture accessible at affordable prices. Robinson worked with well-known artists including Chaim Gross (1902-1991), John Hovannes (1990-1973), Warren Wheelock (1880-1960) and William Zorach (1889-1966), among others to create small editions until the gallery became defunct in 1943. According to a 1953 Interior Decorator article, Kane's (1909-2006) Female Torso may have been made in an edition of no more than 15.
