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Reuben Nakian

( American, 1897 - 1986 )

Head of Marcel Duchamp

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Materials:

bronze

Size Notes:

55.9

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Literature:

'Two Great American Artists,' Vogue, 15 October 1961, vol. 138, another example illustrated, p. 91'In the Galleries,' Arts Magazine, October 1961, another example illustrated, p. 37B. O'Doherty, 'Art: Mythmaking in the 20th Century: Nakian's Sculpture is Shown at the Egan,' The New York Times, 20 March 1962, vol. CXI, no. 38,041, p. 34, another example listedReuben Nakian Sculpture & Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1962, no. 1, n.p., another example listed'Nakian's Works in Major Show at N.Y. Museum of Modern Art,' Bridgeport Sunday Post, 19 June 1966, vol. LXXVII, no. 25, p. B-20, another example illustratedF. O'Hara, Nakian, New York, 1966, pp. 11-13, 43, 45, 53, no. 1, another example illustratedF. O'Hara, Art Chronicles: 1954-1966, New York, 1975, p. 86, another example listed'Reuben Nakian's Busy Year of Being 80,' Bridgeport Sunday Post, 16 October 1977, vol. LXXXVIII, no. 42, p. E-7, another example listedMasters of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture, Marlborough Fine Art, New York, 1984, another example illustrated, no. 51Nakian: Reuben Nakian Sculpture and Drawings, DiLaurenti Gallery, New York, 1985, another example illustrated, p. 23Robert P. Metzger, Reuben Nakian: Centennial Retrospective 1897-1986, , Reading, Pennsylvania, 1998, pp. 11-12, 37, 98, 104-105, another example listed, p. 37, another example illustratedRichard Kostelanetz, Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, New York, 2001, another example listed, p. 437Lucy D. Rosenfeld, A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2002, another example illustrated, p. 180

Provenance:

Egan Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist)Acquired from the above in 1967 by the present owner

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