Head of Beethoven
1891
Emile Antoine Bourdelle
Emile Antoine Bourdelle (French, 1861–1929)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Head of Beethoven, 1891. Emile Antoine Bourdelle (French, 1861–1929). Bronze; overall: 59.2 x 42 x 52.1 cm (23 5/16 x 16 9/16 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle 1960.82
- Maker/Artist
- Bourdelle, Emile-Antoine
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 59.2 x 42 x 52.1 cm (23 5/16 x 16 9/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed left side: "Bourdelle / Sculpt."; inscribed right side: "FONRIENATLE DES BRONZES / J PETERMANN: ST GILLES BRUXELLES"; inscribed on front: "Mon domaine c'est l'air / quand le vent, se leve / mon âme tourbillonne / Beethoven"
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1960.82
- Credit Line
- Gift of Carrie Moss Halle in memory of Salmon Portland Halle
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1965, Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, CMA 1965: "Year in Review," Bulletin LII (November 1965), p. 152, repr. 140
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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