The sculpture was for the most part, well received, many critics of the time hailed it as the most important work Vonnoh had yet accomplished but today’s critics would likely regard the work as only decorative and sentimental. Unfortunately The Spirit of the Water is lost, it is known only through photographs of the clay model in progress. Vonnoh found a beautiful Irish girl of 12 to model for the sculpture, but had difficulty finding time to work on it, the sculpture was not completed until the following autumn. In 1895, after she had returned from Paris, Vonnoh was inspired to sculpt The Spirit of the Water. Vonnoh had actually created more ambitious work earlier in her career. Bessie Potter Modeling The Spirit of the Water 1896
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