Plaster Cupid
1886-89
Artists
Dimensions
50.5 × 31.6 cm (19 7/8 × 12 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Jenn Thiis, Oslo, sold; to [Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1929 until at least 1936]. [1] [Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne and Paris, by 1936 until at least 1939], [2] sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, by 1941; the Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Trust, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021 Notes [1] Galerie Rosengart is listed as the owner in both the 1935 and 1936 exhibitions. Justin Thannhauser and Siegfried Rosengart were cousins and together ran both Galerie Rosengart and Galerie Thannhauser. In 1937, their partnership disbanded. [2] Thannhauser, Lucerne is listed as the owner in Venturi 1936 and Thannhauser, Lucerne is listed as lender in the 1939 exhibition
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