Bust of Beethoven

Prints and Drawings

n.d.

Emile Antoine Bourdelle
French, 1861-1929

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Emile-Antoine Bourdelle
Title: Bust of Beethoven
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1888–1929
Medium: Pen and black ink on cream wove paper
Inscriptions: Inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "Bethoven - 6212"
Dimensions: 23.2 × 20.7 cm (9 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Madame Emile Antoine Bourdelle
Reference Number: 1962.778

New York, Wildenstein and Company, “Master Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago,” October 17-November 30, 1963, n.p., cat. 147.
New York, The Drawing Center, New York University, “Sculptors’ Drawings Over Six Centuries,” March 18-June 20, 1981; traveled to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 23-September 20, 1981.

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