Seated Woman on a Bench [SEP] creator
Seated Woman on a Bench
Seated Woman on a Bench is a bronze sculpture by Willem de Kooning.
Modeled in 1972, it was cast in 1976. It is at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
See also.
- List of public art in Washington, D.C., Ward 2
External links.
- Sotheby's
- Waymarking
In 1915, she was given honorary appointment to the Perth Children's Court and acted on the bench there for fifteen years. She was also the first woman appointed a Justice of the Peace at the Perth Court after a successful campaign to alter remnant legislation forbidding women to be seated at the bench. The Scaddan government's proposed Health Act (1915) was sharply divisive because it called for the compulsory notification of public health officials after a diagnosis of venereal disease, which sharply increased with returned servicemen during the First World War.