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Iberica
Jose de Creeft
American Art
On View:
MEDIUM
Stone, head of black porphory (?) and base of red granite (?)
DATES
1938
DIMENSIONS
Overall: 24 7/16 x 23 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. (62.1 x 60.3 x 35.9 cm)
Head only: 17 x 11 x 9 in. (43.2 x 27.9 x 22.9 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Inscribed on back of head, near bottom: "JOSE de CREEfT / 38"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
1992.11.7a-c
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Abstracted head of black stone mounted on irregular, trapezoidally shaped reddish stone base. Head is carved from irregularly shaped stone that is roughly hewn to form hair and is flat in back; ovoid face is smoothly polished, squared nose forms continuous, curving profile from forehead to nose, eyes are closed, slanted and asymmetrical, mouth is oval shaped. Base is roughly hewn with jagged edges and is wider in back than in front.
Condition: Good
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Jose de Creeft (American, born Spain, 1884–1982). Iberica, 1938. Stone, head of black porphory (?) and base of red granite (?), Overall: 24 7/16 x 23 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. (62.1 x 60.3 x 35.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal, 1992.11.7a-c. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.11.7a-c_view2_SL4.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1992.11.7a-c_view2_SL4.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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