Edith Annie Laidman, Art Nouveau Sculpture of Daphne with Laurel, Pelicans and Parrots, Ceramic
Statue sculpted and modeled by Edith Annie Laidman.
Daphne, a figure of a naked girl lost in thought, seated on a laurel tree, surrounded by pelicans and parrots.
Edith Annie Laidman (1880–1943) was a painter, sculptor, and ceramist born in Muzaffarnagar, a district in the Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, where her father, a public official, worked in the Indian government.
Daphne is derived from Greek mythology. A Naiad nymph, she was the daughter of a river god who transforms into a laurel tree to escape the advances of Apollo.
Dimensions: h.28 x 10 x 13 cm.
Edith Annie Laidman, Art Nouveau Sculpture of Daphne with Laurel, Pelicans and Parrots, Ceramic
