Alphonse Legros

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); sold possibly by the 1920s and definitely by June 1932 to George Matthew Adams [1878-1962], Riverdale, New York;[1] gift 1956 to NGA. [1] See the letters from Adams to Harold Wright of Colnaghi, dated 8 June 1932 and 20 December 1946 (originals in the Wright Papers, MS Wright L259, Special Collections, University of Glasgow Library, Scotland; copies in NGA curatorial files). The Dalou bust complemented the five etchings by Legros for which Adams was best known as a collector, lent to the National Gallery at the same time as the bronze and given one by one from 1947 to 1963.

Alphonse Legros

Dalou, Aimé-Jules

model c. 1876, cast possibly 1879/1920

Accession Number

1956.14.2

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 34.1 x 23.7 x 23.7 cm (13 7/16 x 9 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams