Glenna Goodacre
(American/New Mexico, b. 1939)

"The Winner", 1996

patinated bronze
cast signature, dated, numbered "2/15", and copyright marked along proper right back, on an integral base; together with receipt from Nedra Matteucci Galleries.
overall h. 74", w. 52" d. 26"

Provenance: Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Estate of Carolyn G. Fay, Houston, Texas.

Other Notes: I have always preferred a realistic, academic and classical approach to sculpture, and I have been totally absorbed with the figure and head. With the passage of time…I find myself more conscious of the representation of emotion.

Glenna Goodacre
Profile: The Journal of the National Sculpture Society

A native of Texas, Goodacre attended Colorado College, College Springs, Colorado, and studied at the Art Students League in New York City. Initially a painter, she was encouraged by a gallery owner to begin to experiment in sculpture. Her first bronze was cast in 1969; several years later she had established her own sculpture studio. One of the pre-eminent American portrait sculptor, Goodacre has completed numerous public and private commissions, including the Women's Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the Irish Famine Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She is especially acclaimed for her depictions of the delights of childhood. The sculpture offered here adeptly reveals one of the moments of pure childhood joy.

Goodacre was made a fellow of the National Sculpture Society in 1981, and was named an Academician of the National Academy of Design in 1994. Reference: Wolfgang Mabry, "Glenna Goodacre: A Sculptor of People", Profile: The Journal of the National Sculpture Society, Opus 002.