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James Joyce, Death Mask, Dublin

Artist Evelyn Hofer (American, born Germany, 1922 - 2009)
Date1966
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 3/8 × 12 1/8 inches (39.07 × 30.81 cm)
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 15 7/8 inches (49.23 × 40.31 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.52
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Evelyn Hofer"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "James Joyce death mask / Dublin 1966"
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionImage of a mask of a male figure with a small mustache and eyes closed.Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;

Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.

 

Copyright© Estate of Evelyn Hofer
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