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Head of a Boy

Artist Charles Despiau (French, 1874-1946)
Place of OriginFrance
Date1938
DimensionsH: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm)
MediumGilded bronze.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor
Object number
1938.20
Not on View
Published ReferencesDeschair, Léon, Despiau, Paris, 1930, p. 8 (Title given as Jacquot. McIntyre says that this reference applies to the "regular version," not ours).Exhibition HistoryArt Gallery of Toronto, Jan.-Feb. 1948.Comparative ReferencesSee also Deshair, Despiau, p. 8; reproduced under name "Jacquot"
Image Not Available for Assia
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Image Not Available for Poèmes de Baudelaire
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