Somerset Maugham

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Somerset Maugham

United States, 1930
Sculpture
Bronze, stone base
14 in. (35.56 cm) with base
Gift of Maury P. Leibovitz (M.83.206.15)
Modern Art
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

The British novelist and playwright William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) gained an international reputation for his stories based on an insightful analysis of human frailties. ...
The British novelist and playwright William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) gained an international reputation for his stories based on an insightful analysis of human frailties. Maugham agreed to sit for Davidson and invited him to visit him in his villa on Cape Ferrat, near Nice, France. Davidson found Maugham very gracious and portrayed him as a benign gentleman.
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Bibliography

  • Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick.  American Art:  a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.