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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Photographs Throughout (illustrator). 1st Edition. Viii, 96, Xii + Ads At Rear. Stated First Printing. Lightly Used, No Chips Or Tears Or Fading Or Stains. Inscribed In Pencil On Front Cover From Julia Braden Wendt To Her Pupil And Friend Pasquale G. Napolitano; Additionally Inscribed "In Veneration And Thankfulniss (Sic) From Your True Friend Reschen With Lots Of Love", Probably To Wendt. Per Wikipedia, Julia Bracken Wendt, (1870-1942) Was A Notable American Sculptor Born In Illinois. Unsupported At Home Following The Death Of Her Mother When She Was Nine Years Old, She Ran Away From Home At Thirteen. By Sixteen She Was Working As A Domestic Servant For A Woman Who Recognized Her Talent And Drive, And Paid To Enroll Her In The Art Institute Of Chicago. There She Studied With Lorado Taft And By 1887 She Had Advanced To Become His Studio And Teaching Assistant. In 1893, During The Columbian Exposition She Was One Of Several Women Sculptors Nicknamed The White Rabbits Who Helped Produce Some Of The Architectural Sculpture That Graced The Exposition Buildings. She Was Awarded A Commission To Produce Illinois Welcoming The Nations, A Sculpture For The Fair. The Work Was Later Cast In Bronze And Unveiled At The Illinois State Capitol.In 1906 She Married Painter William Wendt And Moved To Los Angeles, California Where She Continued Her Success. In California She Taught At The Otis Art Institute And, With Her Husband, Was Instrumental In The Founding Of The California Art Club In 1909, Which Was Developed On The Premise Of Allowing Women And Sculptors Into The Membership. Wendt Was A Member Of The National Sculpture Society And Exhibited And Was Featured In Both The 1923 And 1929 Exhibitions And The Resulting Catalogues. Her Work Can Be Found In: Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Chicago Historical Society, The Civil War Monument, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, The Laguna Art Museum, Harvard University Portrait Collection, Old Los Angeles City Hall (Now Located In The Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County), Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, California, As Well As In Numerous Private Collections. Exhibitions: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; Annual Exhibition, Palette Club, Aic, 1895; Annual Exhibition Of Works By Chicago Artists, Aic, 1899-1910 (9 Times); St Louis/Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904 ; Chicago Municipal League, 1905 ; Pan-California Expo, San Diego (Ca), 1915 ; California Art Club, 1918 ; Solo Exhibits With Husband, Aic, 1909-21 ; National Sculpture Society, 1929 National Sculpture Society, Los Angeles (Ca) Museum. Awards: Commission, "Illinois Welcoming The Nations" For Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892 ; Commission, Exposition Park, Los Angeles (Ca). Commission, Battle Monument, Missionary Ridge (Tn) ; Sculpture Prize, Chicago, 1898; Municipal Art League Prize, Chicago, 1905 ; Gold Medal, Pan-California Expo, San Diego (Ca), 1915; Harrison Prize, Los Angeles (Ca), 1918.