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Bashka Paett Sends Photograph Of Her Sculpture Of Professor Geddes To Sister For Sale
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Bashka Paett Sends Photograph Of Her Sculpture Of Professor Geddes To Sister:
$225.00
[Judaica] BASHKA PAEFF (August 12, 1889 – January 24, 1979) was born into a Jewish family in Minsk Russia Empire. Her family immigrated to the United States when she was a year old. She was an American sculptor active near Boston. She was best known as the Subway Sculptor for the pieces she modeled at the Park Street T station while working her way through art school at the Boston Museum School. Today, she is best known for the Maine Sailors and School Memorial on Route 1 crossing from Portsmouth, NH, into Kittery, Maine. Other notable pieces by Paeff includea statue of Warren G. Harding’s pet Airedale at the Smithsonian Institution, a bas relief of Wllen Swallow Richards at Masschusetts Institute of Technology and a relief depicting the Battle of Lexington near Buckman Tavern in Lexington, MA. Offering a nicely inscribed photograph of her sculpture of Professor James Geddes to her sister Blanche, whom she describes as her “rare guard.” She thanks her for her “guardianship and devotion of sister Bashka Paett – Xmas Cheer – 1938.” On the verso, she writes “Professor James Geddes, Head of the Dept. of Romance Languages Boston University from 1887 to 1937, Bashka Paeff Sculptor.” The verso also carries her stamp from Carnegie Hall, NY.” Geddes was a renowned scholar, teaching four languages, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese as well as phonetics. Geddes studied at Harvard and was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt.Light soiling mostly in the border. Some wear to the inscription. Else very good and a wonderful photograph of her Geddes’ sculpture.Everything we sell is guaranteed authentic forever to the original buyer. We also offer a 30-day return policy. If you discover a problem or are dissatisfied with an item, please contact us immediately. Our goal is to please every customer. We are pleased to be members of The Manuscript Society, Universal Autograph Collectors Club, The Ephemera Society, the Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers and the Preferred Autograph Dealers and sale Houses [NAS 145]
Bashka Paett Sends Photograph Of Her Sculpture Of Professor Geddes To Sister $225.00
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