The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 24, 2022

Head of a Philosopher

1883

Vincenzo Gemito

(Italian, 1852-1929)

Italy, 19th century

Bronze

Overall: 50.2 cm (19 3/4 in.)

The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection 1979.42

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed: "Gemito"; stamped: "FONDERIA GEMITO NAPOLI"

Provenance
[Michael Hall, NY]
Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection is on View in Year in Review Exhibition,” February 7, 1980, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 61, p. 73; Mentioned: p. 59 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

CMA 1980: Year in Review 1979," Bulletin LXVII (March 1980) cat. no. 61, p. 97, repr. p. 73

CMA 1982: The Age of Bronze, July 13-October 17, 1982, no. cat.

CMA 1988: The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture, November 16, 1988-January 16, 1989, no. cat.

Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 20-March 9, 1980).

The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1979.42