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Frank Benson
Frederick Warren Allen (American, 1888–1961)
1923
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 1.9 × 20.3 cm (3/4 × 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Barbarossa Family in memory of Theodore C. and Sally Newhall Barbarossa
Accession Number1993.640
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSculpture
Descriptionplaster rondel profile portrait of a man (left side)
InscriptionsMolded into rondel on PR side of head: "FRANK / BENSON / PAINTER / AND ETCHER / IN HIS SIXTY / FIRST YEAR / FEB XXI / MDCCCCXXIII / FREDERICK / WARREN / ALLEN / FECIT"
ProvenanceOwned by artist Theodore C. Barbarossa (1906-1992); 1992, inherited by his daughter Susan Gray Barbarossa, Arlington, MA; 1993, give by Barbarossa to the MFA (Accession date: October 27, 1993).
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