Provenance
(J. Falk-Jensen, Athenaeum Kunsthandel, Copenhagen), by January 1951;[1] sold 21 February 1951 to Lessing Julius Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania;[2] gift 1951 to NGA.
[1] Correspondence of 12 January-16 February 1951 between Elizabeth Mongan, Haavard Rostrup (curator, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek), and J. Falk-Jensen, Athenaeum Kunsthandel, Copenhagen; Rosenwald Papers, NGA Archives, Box 47. The heads are never overtly described, but internal evidence in the correspondence clearly indicates that they are casts of the two models just purchased for the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and awaiting publication by its curator.
[2] Date of purchase recorded in annotation on 16 February 1951 letter referenced in note 1, and a list of Rosenwald purchases for February 1951; Rosenwald Papers, NGA Archives, Box 44. Also, Elizabeth Mongan to Henri Petiet, 9 March 1951: "...John Rewald gave me a kind tip that there were two more unknown Daumier bronzes in Copenhagen. I did write for them, and we have bought them bringing our lot up to 38 [alluding to the thirty-six portrait busts]. I have not seen them as yet."; Rosenwald Papers, NGA Archives, Box 48.
Accession Number
1951.17.1
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 8 x 6.2 x 6.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 7/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Rosenwald Collection