H252: Robert Bacon (1860-1919), replica of an original by Laszlo dated 1910

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H252

People

Philip Alexius de Laszlo, Hungarian (Budapest, Hungary 1869 - 1937)
Robert Bacon (1860-1919)

Title

Robert Bacon (1860-1919), replica of an original by Laszlo dated 1910

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1922

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

English

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299545

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

92.3 x 65 cm (36 5/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
framed: 132.1 x 88.9 x 6.7 cm (52 x 35 x 2 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r.: P. A. Laszlo/Paris 1910/April 23
• label: brass plaque "ROBERT BACON, 1860-1919/ Overseer, 1889-1908, and Fellow of Harvard College, 1912-1917/ By Phillip A. Lazio".

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gift of the Harvard College Class of 1880 to Harvard College, 1922

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the Harvard College Class of 1880 to Harvard College, 1922

Object Number

H252

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The original portrait was painted by Laszlo in Paris in 1910 where Bacon was the American ambassador. This replica was painted in the United States in 1922. Robert Bacon was a member of the Harvard Class of 1880.

Publication History

• Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), p. 16

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