Bust of Viscount Lee of Fareham
Maker
(artist)
1877-1960
1877-1960
Title
Bust of Viscount Lee of Fareham
Date of Production
1944
Medium
medium : material : bronze
Dimensions
Height: 50 cm
Width: 18 cm
Width: 18 cm
Accession Number
S.1947.LF.8
Mode of Acquisition
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© The Estate of Benno Elkan
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This portrait head depicts Viscount Lee of Fareham (1868-1947) who together with Samuel Courtauld and others founded and endowed the Courtauld Institute with their magnificent gifts and bequests. Elkan also made a portrait head of Samuel Courtauld. The sculptor Benno Elkan studied in Munich and Paris before moving to England in 1933 after the Nazis came to power.
Provenance
Lee Bequest 1947
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