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MEARS, Helen Farnsworth  (1878-1916) sculptor.
           Nickname Nellie.
           Born Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1878.
           Student assistant tto Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
           Her marble statue of Frances E. Willard in U.S. Capitol.
           Died New York City, 17 February 1916.
           Fellow: National Sculpture Society.

           R   E   L   I   E   F   S

1998 Saint-Gaudens (Augustus) Portrait Relief  (cast by
           Gorham) [larger sculpture size below]  . Gorham QATX
           Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago AE2 (1899) no. . 374

           C  A  S  T     M  E  D  A  L  S

1898 Saint-Gaudens (Augustus) Cast Plaquette (modeled
           in 1898, plaquette carries 1916 copyright
           date). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . Baxter 214, ANS (IECM) 1
           Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 70:681
           Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . . .1923.55.1
           Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago AE2 (1916) no. . 780
           Illustrated: MA1 {1988} Stahl, Medal In America, p . 205
1906 MacDowell (Edward A.) Cast Plaque. . . . .  ANS (IECM) 2
           Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . .  09.147
           Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago AE2 (1916) no. . 786
           Exhibited: National Academy of Design AE5 (1908) no. 351
1907 Mears (Elizabeth) Relief (mother of artist) ANS (IECM) 3
           Exhibited: National Academy of Design AE5 (1908) no. 375

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1916 Saint-Gaudens (Augustus) Portrait Relief (cast by
           Gorham) [smaller relief size above]. . . . . . . Gorham QAMU

           A  R C  H   I  V  E  S.                                                                           

GA Gorham Company Archives.

           C O L L E C T I O N S

C8  {1965} Gardner 09.147, p 125-126.

           B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D5  {1915} Earle, p 210.
D8  {1926} Fielding, p 237.
A2  {1927} Fairman, p 405-406.
B1  {1943} Who Was Who, p 826.
BE  {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 998.
BDAB{1946} Dictionary of American Biography  6:2 p 483-484, by A.A. [Adeline Adams].
101 {1972} Green (Susan Porter)  Helen Farnsworth Mears. Oshkosh, WI: Castle-Pierce Press (1972) 177 pp, illus.
101 {1977} One Woman's Statement: Helen Farnsworth Mears Oshkosh, WI: Castle-Pierce Press (1977).
BW2 {1982} Rubinstein, p 103, illus 4-8.
BF1 {1985} Falk, p 412.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 609.
AE1 {1988} Falk, 2:331.
AE2 {1990} Art Institute of Chicago, p 608-609.
AE5 {1990} National Academy of Design, p 356.
BW4 {1990} Chiarmonte, 335 p 279, 370 286, 1027 419, 2854 729.
BW5 {1990} Dunford, p 199.
BW6 {1990} Rubinstein, p 130-133.
A32 {1993} Reynolds, p 175-176.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:2235.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 9:675.

           N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

E3  {1902-30} Forrer 7:42.
NE2 {1911} ANS (IECM) 1-3, p 213-214 (biography).
M42 {1987} Baxter 214, p 56-57.
MA1 {1988} Stahl (Alan M. editor)  The Medal In America: ∙ Elaine J. Leotti "The             
           American Woman Medalist, A Critical Survey," pp 204-206.
"There has been no scholar better qualified to create 'the American Forrer' than Dick Johnson."
-Cornelius C. Vermule III, Curator Emeritus
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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