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Portrait of a Whitechapel Jew
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (French (active in Britain), 1891–1915)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.5 x 71.1 cm (36 x 28 in.)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number65.1683.2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPaintings
Provenance1915, by inheritance at the artist's death to his companion, Sophie Brzeska (d. 1925), Gloucestershire, England [see note 1]; 1927, sold from the estate of Sophie Brzeska to Harold Stanley (Jim) Ede (b. 1895 - d. 1990), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England; 1965, sold by Ede to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] Gaudier-Brzeska used his oil painting Portrait of a Whitechapel Jew (MFA accession no. 65.1683.2) as the support for his plaster relief The Wrestlers (MFA accession no. 65.1683.1). The painting and relief were separated by the MFA shortly after the object was acquired.
NOTES:
[1] Gaudier-Brzeska used his oil painting Portrait of a Whitechapel Jew (MFA accession no. 65.1683.2) as the support for his plaster relief The Wrestlers (MFA accession no. 65.1683.1). The painting and relief were separated by the MFA shortly after the object was acquired.