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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
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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

Verification Level

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