1929.93: Death Mask of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1929.93
- People
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Amedeo Modigliani, Italian (Livorno, Italy 1884 - 1920 Paris, France)
Manufactured by Roman Bronze Works
- Title
- Death Mask of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- mask, sculpture
- Date
- c. 1922
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, Brooklyn
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231550
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Technique
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 23.6 x 15.4 x 12.5 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: On verso, the number,: 508
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- James Naumburg Rosenberg, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James N. Rosenberg
- Accession Year
- 1929
- Object Number
- 1929.93
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- John Updike, "Modigliani's Death Mask", The New Yorker, March 26, 1960, p. 34, 1960, p. 34
Verification Level
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