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Lady Macbeth (sculpture)

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29: 218: 523: 269:; the figure's face resembles the artist's own, and Ney wrote in 1903 that the piece was a result and expression of her own feelings of "cruel disappointment" in life. The statue's evocation of grief has been interpreted as a reference to a frustrated romance earlier in Ney's life (perhaps with King 250:
The piece stands out among Ney's works, most of which were portraits of living persons or historical figures; she produced few other works on fictitious or allegorical subjects. With its exploration of subjective emotion, this work also represents a shift toward
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187.2 cm × 65.4 cm × 75.0 cm (73.75 in × 25.75 in × 29.5 in)
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is one of Ney's last works and was regarded by the artist as her masterpiece. It is housed in
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was completed in 1905, two years before Ney's death; it proved to be her last major work.
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has been understood both as a portrayal of a fictional character and as a
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in Italy beginning in 1903, alongside second copies of Ney's portraits of
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Martinello, Marian L.; Cutrer, Emily; Lowman, Al (1983).
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The Art of the Woman: The Life and Work of Elisabet Ney
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Index


Elisabet Ney
Marble
Lady Macbeth
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C.
Shakespearean
Lady Macbeth
German American
Elisabet Ney
marble
Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
her memorial statue
Albert Sidney Johnston
Austin, Texas
Elisabet Ney Museum
plaster
marble
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
National Statuary Hall Collection

sleepwalking scene
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
sleepwalking
nightgown
romanticism
neoclassical sculpture

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