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Gelli, I.,
M. Nelli & Company,
Portrait male -- Twain, Mark
Portrait male -- Twain, Mark
Occupation -- Writer
Relief
Sculpture
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910), (sculpture).
Artist:
Gelli, I., sculptor.
M. Nelli & Company, founder.
Title:
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910), (sculpture).
Dates:
Late 19th-early 20th c.
Medium:
Bronze, copper-brown patina.
Dimensions:
12 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 1 in. (31.1 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm).
Inscription:
(Signed lower left front:) Gelli (Inscribed on front left center:) -COPYRIGHT- (Lower center in relief:) MARK TWAIN (Founder's mark right center front:) M NELLI & C FIRENZI signed Founder's mark appears.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Twain, Mark -- Bust
Portrait male -- Twain, Mark -- Profile
Occupation -- Writer
Object Type:
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Collection of American Literature, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1980.315
References:
Yale University Art Gallery, 1988.
Freedman, Paula B. and Robin Jaffee Frank, "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992.
Illustration:
Freedman, Paula B., "A Checklist of American Sculpture at Yale University," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992, pg. 69.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 07260075
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