1943.1390: Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (1852-1931)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1390

People

Jo Davidson, American (New York, NY 1883 - 1952 New York, NY)

Title

Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (1852-1931)

Other Titles

Former Title: Joffre

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

1919

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229649

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Technique

Lost-wax process

Dimensions

25.4 x 31.4 x 16.8 cm (10 x 12 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on back: Jo Davidson 1919
• inscription: On back: C. Valsuani Cire Perdue (3); Paris. On front, proper right of chest: J. Joffre.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Grenville L. Winthrop; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Copyright

© Jo Davidson / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1390

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 133, ill.

Exhibition History

• American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972

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