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Elie Nadelman

Head, ca. 1920

Description

Maker

  • Elie Nadelman, 1882-1946, American (b. Poland)

Title

Head

Year

ca. 1920

Medium

Marble

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • marble

Dimensions

Height: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 inches)

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Jesse H. Metcalf

Object Number

59.134

About

This stylized marble head of a woman is an interpretation of classical form that reflects Nadelman’s admiration for ancient sculpture. Its faint smile, angled neck, coiled braid, and smooth, generalized features relate it to Greek heads he had studied at the Louvre.

Nadelman’s early patrons in Paris and London included collectors Leo and Gertrude Stein and the cosmetics entrepreneur Helena Rubenstein. After he immigrated to New York he also won the interest of RISD’s president, Eliza Radeke, who became one of his first supporters in America.

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Celebrating the Jewish Contribution to Twentieth-Century American Art

November 12, 2004 - March 5, 2005

"The Center Cannot Hold"

March 1 - July 1, 1999

Enid Yandell and the Branstock School

July 23 - August 29, 1982

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Head with the accession number of 59.134. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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