© The Estate of Reg Butler
Interpretation
Reg Butler worked on The Bride over a span of five years, in a tree-filled garden similar to the gothic courtyard in which the sculpture resides today. Butler's casting technique allowed him to capture minute details, resulting in the sculpture's tree-like textured surface.
Information
- Title
- The Bride
- Object Number
- y1969-127
- Maker
- Reg Butler
- Medium
- Cast bronze
- Dates
- 1956–61
- Dimensions
- ca. 235 x 50.2 x 40.6 cm. (92 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 16 in.)
- Credit Line
- The John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, Princeton University
- Culture
- British
- Signatures
- Signed and numbered on right foot: RB 3
- Inscriptions
- Cast by Morris Singer: Aslip
- Materials
- Techniques
- Patrick Joseph Kelleher, Living with Modern Sculpture: the John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 1982)., 36–39
- Jane McCarthy and Laurily K. Epstein, A guide to the sculpture parks and gardens of America, (New York, NY: Michael Kesend Pub., 1996).
- Karin Dienst, ed., Sculpture of Princeton University: including works from the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Published by the Office of Communications, in association with the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004)., 12–13, illus.
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