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Dawn
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About this work
Created while Chester Beach was living in Rome, Dawn features a nude man on horseback against a background of human forms emerging from a cloud of rolling mist. Although carved in the round from a block of marble, the sculpture has one primary view.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineDawn, 1912. Chester Beach (American, 1881–1956). Marble; overall: 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.); without base: 35.6 cm (14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1917.630
