Death Mask of Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1929.93
People: 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

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
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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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