Head of a Prophet

Arts of the Americas

1946

William Zorach (American, born Jurbarkas, Russian Empire, now Lithuania, 1887–1966)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: William Zorach
Title: Head of a Prophet
Place: United States (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.: 1946
Medium: Granite
Inscriptions: Signed: Zorach 1946
Dimensions: 41.9 × 22.9 × 26.7 cm (16 1/2 × 9 × 10 1/2 in.); Base: 12.7 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm (5 × 10 × 10 in.)
Credit Line: Harriott A. Fox Fund
Reference Number: 1947.395

Art Digest, Vol. 21, No. 11, March 1947, p. 4, ill.
Art News, “William Zorach,” Vol. 46, No.1, March 1947, p. 22.
New York World–Telegram, “Sculptures by Zorach,” March 8, 1947, ill.
Alfonzo Lansford, “Zorach Continues to Add to His His Fame,” Art Digest, Vol. 21, No. 12, March 15, 1947, p. 13.
Jacques Schnier, “Sculpture in Modern America,” Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1948, pl. 8.
Karl Schwarz, “Jewish Artists of the 19th and 20th Centuries,” New York: Philosophical Library, 1949.

New York, Downtown Gallery, Exhibition of New Sculpture by William Zorach, Mar. 4–29, 1947, cat. 8.
Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].

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