Medardo Rosso
Head of a Child (The Jewish Boy)

ArtistItalian, 1858–1928
CultureItalian
Titles
  • Head of a Child (The Jewish Boy)
Datec. 1892
PlaceItaly
MediumWax and plaster
Dimensions9 × 6 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (22.9 × 15.9 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mrs. R. E. Smith
Object number80.147
Non exposé

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ProvenanceJean-Baptiste Faure, Paris; John Richardson, New York; [Purchased Shepherd Gallery, New York with funds provided by Mrs. R. E. Smith, December 1980.]
Exhibition History"French and Other European Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century," Shepherd Gallery, New York, Winter 1980–81.

"A Century of Modern Sculpture 1882–1982," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14, 1983–January 31, 1984.

"Second Impressions: The Sculpture of Medardo Rosso," Arthur M. Sackler Museum, July 19–October 26, 2003; St. Louis Art Museum, November 21,2003–February 29, 2004; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, April 3–June 20, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
There are no further inscriptions.
Signed in the wax, top of left shoulder "Rosso"

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