Portrait of Samuel Courtauld
Maker
(artist)
1877-1960
1877-1960
Title
Portrait of Samuel Courtauld
Date of Production
1946
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
Width: 20.5 cm
Length: 24.6 cm
Length: 24.6 cm
Accession Number
S.1948.SC.203
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948
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 Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947) who left his London townhouse, Home House, and his collection of masterpieces of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art to the newly founded Courtauld Institute. The sculptor Benno Elkan studied in Munich and Paris before moving to England in 1933 after the Nazis came to power.
Provenance
Commissioned from the artist in 1946. Samuel Courtauld Bequest, 1948.
Exhibition History
Cezanne. Masterpieces from the Courtauld Gallery, KODE, Bergen, Norway, 16/07/2021-10/10/2021
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
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