Glenna Goodacre Small Bronze of Young Native American Girl [SOLD]

This small bronze was created by influential Western artist Glenna Goodacre.  Excluding the base, the piece measures about four inches in height.  It’s a depiction of a young Native girl.  She wears moccasins and the traditional Pueblo dress, and carries a blanket over her right arm.  As is often the case, Goodacre provided just enough detail to allow the viewer to identify the subject, instead focusing her attention on the impression of the figure as a whole.  This approach works well, especially with a smaller piece like this one. 

The back of the bronze is signed Goodacre and numbered 27/50.

Glenna Maxey Goodacre (1939-2020) was an American sculptor who was born in Lubbock, Texas, and resided in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Goodacre studied at Colorado College and New York’s Art Students League, beginning as a painter before moving towards three-dimensional media.  She is best known for having designed the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington D.C. and the obverse (or “heads” side) of the U.S. Sacagawea Dollar coin.  In 2003, she completed Philadelphia’s Irish Memorial, a massive public sculpture made to commemorate the many lives lost in Ireland during the middle of the 19th century.  Her works are included in many notable public, private and municipal collections around the country. Goodacre officially retired from sculpting in 2016. She is considered by many to be one of the best and most important sculptors of her era.

Condition: excellent condition

Provenance: this Glenna Goodacre Small Bronze of Young Native American Girl is from a private collection

Recommended Reading: Glenna Goodacre: The First 25 Years: A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture

Relative Links: Santa Fe, New Mexico, bronze sculpture, Glenna Goodacre, Sculpture Artist