Vincenzo Gemito
Bust-length Portrait of Annita Gemito

ArtistItalian, 1852–1929
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Bust-length Portrait of Annita Gemito
Date1917
MediumGraphite on wove paper
DimensionsImage/sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 5/16 in. (27.3 × 21.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Leslie and Jack S. Blanton, Jr. in honor of their granddaughters
Object number2021.98
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist, 1917; [Pandora Old Masters, New York, 2007]; Matthew Rutenberg (1956–2019), New York; by descent of the estate of Matthew Rutenberg, 2019-2020; [W. M. Brady & Co., New York, 2020-2021]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: signed and dated in graphite, lower right: 1917 V. Gemito [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: signed in graphite, lower right: V. Gemito [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: right edge: V.... Paper CM [Velvet? cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]

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