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This study was one of many that Elisabet Ney executed while completing Lady Macbeth, in which she captures the Shakespearean character washing the metaphorical blood of King Duncan from her hands.

Cast of face and neck of unknown person, eyes closed.

Maquette of full-scale version of Lady MacBeth. Standing 9 inches tall. A gift from Elisabet Ney to Mrs Dibrell. In later years Mrs Dibrell would donate the piece to the museum.

One of Ney’s final works of art depicts the famous sleepwalking scene from Shakespeare’s tragic play, when Lady Macbeth, haunted by her role in the murder of King Duncan, wrings her hands and tries in vain to wash imaginary blood from them. The final…

Academically trained artists like Ney often made numerous small studies before completing the final work. In this statue, Ney practiced with Lady Macbeth’s contrapposto pose, the graceful S-curve of the body that suggests movement. Working first with…