Death Mask of Modigliani

Date

(1920/cast later)

Artist

Jacques Lipchitz, American, b. Druskininkai, Lithuania, 1891–1973

Provenance

R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Esq., of Philadelphia, to 6 June 1974 (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, sale 3652, lot 49)

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington DC, 6 June 1974-31 August 1981

Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986

Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Exhibition History

JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. "The Circle of Montparnasse: Jewish Artists in Paris 1905-1945," 22 October 1985-2 February 1986.

Published References

SCHUSTER BERNARD and ARTHUR S. PFANNSTIEL. Modigliani: A Study of His Sculpture (Jacksonville, FL: Namega, 1986), ill. p. 36 and cover.

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Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Accession Number

86.3054

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

9 1/4 X 5 3/4 X 4 3/8 IN. (23.5 X 14.6 X 11.1 CM.)