17 Inches High x 12 Inches Wide x 12 Inches Deep

This modern sculpture of the head of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), the famous American writer and poet, was sculpted by American George Aarons (1896-1980). Aarons was an abstract artist and teacher who sculpted both in clay and by carving in wood and stone. His locality to P.P. Caproni and Brother gave him a well-established resource for moldmaking and plaster casting. The Caproni company, which often collaborated with contemporary artists to make and sell reproductions of their work, listed casts of the head of Poe for sale starting in the early 1930s.

Artist: George Aarons

Museum: Unknown

Time Period: Modern, 20th century

1933 ID # - 5519

Sources:

Barzun, Jacques, et al. "Edgar Allan Poe." Encyclopædia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Allan-Poe.

"George Aarons." Smithsonian American Art Museum, https://americanart.si.edu/artist/george-aarons-2.

"Works by George Aarons, from the Collection of the Cape Ann Museum." Cape Ann Museum (former website), https://old.capeannmuseum.org/collections/artists/george-aarons/.

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