Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Despair
1912

A stone sculpture of a headless female torso with an arm raised and hand resting on the back of the head, displayed on a dark wooden base on a white pedestal against a light grey background.
A stone sculpture of a headless female torso with an arm raised and hand resting on the back of the head, displayed on a dark wooden base on a white pedestal against a light grey background.

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Date
1912

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Stone

Dimensions
Overall: 9 7/8 × 10 5/16 × 7 5/16in. (25.1 × 26.2 × 18.6 cm) Overall (with base): 14 3/4 × 13 9/16 × 10 1/2in. (37.5 × 34.4 × 26.7 cm)

Accession number
31.80

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
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