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Portrait Head of Thornton Wilder

Portrait Head of Thornton Wilder

Artist/Maker (American, 1904–1988)
Date1932
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 × 7 5/8 × 10 5/16 in. (31.8 × 19.4 × 26.2 cm)
Height (with base): 18 7/16 in. (46.8 cm)
Base: 6 × 6 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (15.2 × 15.9 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thornton Wilder
Object number1976.1
Status
On view
Copyright© Estate of Isamu Noguchi / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NYProvenanceThornton Wilder [1897-1975], Hamden, CT; by gift 1975 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH; received 1976Exhibition History
Saving Face: The Portrait
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 5, 1986 - September 28, 1986 )
Isamu Noguchi Portrait Sculpture
  • The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (April 15, 1989 - August 29, 1989 )
Refiguring Modernism: A Fractured and Disorienting World
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 5, 2023 - May 31, 2024 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
  • On View
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