Provenance
The artist; sold to Ford Madox Hueffer [1873-1939, later Ford Madox Ford], London.[1] Ezra Pound [1885-1972], London, and Rapallo, Merano, and Venice, Italy; his estate; purchased 1988 through (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York) by Raymond [1921-2007] and Patsy Nasher [d. 1988], Dallas; RDN & PRN Foundation, Dallas; gift 2009 to NGA.
[1] Provenance according to Evelyn Silber, _Gaudier-Brzeska: Life and Art_, London, 1996: no. 79, 269-270. The sculpture is included in the artist's _List of Works_ as "Ezra Pound, buste," and sold for 2 Pounds, 10 shillings. It stood in the front garden of South Lodge, the residence of Violet Hunt on Campden Hill Road, where Hueffer lived until 1918.
Accession Number
2009.72.1
Medium
marble
Dimensions
overall: 90.5 × 45.7 × 48.9 cm (35 5/8 × 18 × 19 1/4 in.) | gross weight: 310.26 kg (684 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of Raymond and Patsy Nasher