The Opera

© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…
© Estate of Ethel Myers
The Opera
© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

The Opera

Date1941
Artist (American artist, 1881–1960)
MediumCeramic
Dimensions8 × 5 3/8 × 5 in. (20.3 × 13.7 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Downes, Courtesy of Kraushaar Galleries, 2022
Object number2022-85
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Label TextEthel Myers specialized in small sculptures of New Yorkers, including ordinary people and famous performers. She enjoyed the Metropolitan Opera, which may have inspired this striking depiction of a singing diva.
Two Women
Ethel Myers
c. 1912
A Lady
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c. 1919
Woman in Purple
Ethel Myers
1908
Street Scene
Ethel Myers
c. 1905
Three Women
Ethel Myers
1912
© Estate of Jerome Myers. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduct…
Jerome Myers
c. 1935
© Estate of Jerome Myers. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduct…
Jerome Myers
c. 1911-1912
© Estate of Jerome Myers. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduct…
Jerome Myers
1920
© Estate of Jerome Myers. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduct…
Jerome Myers
c. 1915
© Estate of Jerome Myers. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduct…
Jerome Myers
not dated
© Estate of Jerome Myers. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduct…
Jerome Myers
c. 1912