Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) conductor and composer
Sir Jacob Epstein (1880 - 1959)
Bronze bust with black composition base
1957-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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Explore
- People
- Otto Klemperer (1885 - 1973)
- Places
- Subjects
- conductor, composer, classical music, male portrait, man
- Materials & Techniques
- bronze, Bronze bust
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Details
- Title
- Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) conductor and composer
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- Bronze bust with black composition base
- Dimensions
- height: 37.50 cm, width: 22.00 cm, depth: 29.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Sotheby's, 23 November 1994
- Inscription
- on back of neck: Epstein
- Provenance
- Collection of Dame Elizabeth Legge-Schwarzkopf; sold through Sotheby's, London, 'Modern British and Irish Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture' sale, on 23 November 1994 (Lot 43), as 'Portrait of Otto Klemperer', for the benefit of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund; from which sale purchased by the Government Art Collection
- GAC number
- 16870