Harvard Art Museums > 1907.3: Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) (Victor David Brenner) , 1907.3,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/232267. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download A bust in white marble of a man with closely cropped hair and beard, wearing a suit and bowtie. The subject looks directly at the viewer. Identification and Creation Object Number 1907.3 People Victor David Brenner, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1871 - 1924 New York, NY) Title Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) Classification Sculpture Work Type bust, sculpture Date 1906 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/232267 Location Location Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Dimensions 64.2 x 50.6 x 37 cm (25 1/4 x 19 15/16 x 14 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l. side of base: V. D. Brenner 1906 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Commissioned from the artist by James Loeb, 1906. Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1906. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James Loeb, Class of 1888 Accession Year 1907 Object Number 1907.3 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History William Dana Orcutt, "Master of Friendship", The Christian Science Monitor (July 8, 1948) Amy Brauer and Susanne Ebbinghaus, "Charles Eliot Norton and his Disciples: Building Harvard's Ancient Art Collection", James Loeb, Collector and Connoisseur: Proceedings of the Second James Loeb Biennial Conference, ed. Jeffrey Henderson and Professor Richard Thomas, Department of the Classics and Harvard University (Cambridge, MA / London, 2022), pp. 123-125, fig. 6.1 Exhibition History The Last Ruskinians: Charles Eliot Norton, Charles Herbert Moore, and Their Circle, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/07/2007 - 07/08/2007 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025 The Art of Looking: 150 Years of Art History at Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/25/2025 - 05/11/2025 Related Articles The Beginnings of Art History at Harvard, Part 2: Charles Herbert Moore, John Ruskin, and the Teaching of Drawing Marjorie B. Cohn June 6, 2024 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
