Portrait of a Man

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Portrait of a Man

France, 1791
Sculpture
Plaster on painted wood socle and plinth; overall (with socle and plinth)
Overall (with socle and plinth): 29 3/4 × 19 1/2 × 11 in. (75.57 × 49.53 × 27.94 cm)
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.75.101)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Monsieur Wolff.

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Monsieur Wolff. Pierre Decourcelle (1856–1926), before 1900, by inheritance to his wife; née Edmée About (1866–1960), by inheritance to their daughter; Mme Jacques Loste, née Claudine Decourcelle (1899–1992). [Galerie Black-Nadau, Monte Carlo, at least from 1972, sold 1975 to]; LACMA.

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Bibliography

  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
  • Conisbee, Philip et al. The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.


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