Portrait of a Whitechapel Jew

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (French (active in Britain), 1891–1915)

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions91.5 x 71.1 cm (36 x 28 in.)

Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund

Accession number65.1683.2

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Provenance1915, by inheritance at the artist's death to his companion, Sophie Brzeska (d. 1925), Gloucestershire, England [see note 1]; 1927, sold from the estate of Sophie Brzeska to Harold Stanley (Jim) Ede (b. 1895 - d. 1990), Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England; 1965, sold by Ede to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 8, 1965)

NOTES:
[1] Gaudier-Brzeska used his oil painting Portrait of a Whitechapel Jew (MFA accession no. 65.1683.2) as the support for his plaster relief The Wrestlers (MFA accession no. 65.1683.1). The painting and relief were separated by the MFA shortly after the object was acquired.