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Four studies of a mask of a young man

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1828-1882

Title

Four studies of a mask of a young man

Date of Production

1870 - 1880

Medium

charcoal and white bodycolour on dark blue wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.1 cm
Width: 26.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.806

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



life masks

Provenance

Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

unnumbered typescript - title was possibly 'A Selection of Drawings from The Witt/Courtauld Collections [as exhibited in 1964 at University of Sussex, Falmer]', Nottingham University, 1966

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 42

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: possibly at Recto: lower right, charcoal, now illegible.

Collector's mark: none.

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