Elsa Fraenkel 1892-1975
Head of Chungsen Chou, 1928
bronze
36 (h) x 20.5 (w) x 55 (d) cm
2018-19
© Elsa Fraenkel estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
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Fraenkel’s head of the young Chinese architecture student, Chungsen Chou, has much in common with the work of Estonian émigrée sculptor Dora Gordine, who made a particular study of non-European...
Fraenkel’s head of the young Chinese architecture student, Chungsen Chou, has much in common with the work of Estonian émigrée sculptor Dora Gordine, who made a particular study of non-European models. Two further casts are known: one in stone in the Sprengel Museum, Hanover and a further bronze in the Niedersächsische Landesmuseen in Braunschweig.
Provenance
Presented to Leighton House Museum by Elsa Fraenkel in 1938 and thence to Ben Uri Collection 2018Be the first to know – Sign Up
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