Frank Benson

Frederick Warren Allen (American, 1888–1961)

1923

Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts

Medium/TechniquePlaster

DimensionsOverall: 1.9 × 20.3 cm (3/4 × 8 in.)

Credit LineGift of the Barbarossa Family in memory of Theodore C. and Sally Newhall Barbarossa

Accession number1993.640

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Americas

InscriptionsMolded into rondel on PR side of head: "FRANK / BENSON / PAINTER / AND ETCHER / IN HIS SIXTY / FIRST YEAR / FEB XXI / MDCCCCXXIII / FREDERICK / WARREN / ALLEN / FECIT"ProvenanceOwned by artist Theodore C. Barbarossa (1906-1992); 1992, inherited by his daughter Susan Gray Barbarossa, Arlington, MA; 1993, give by Barbarossa to the MFA (Accession date: October 27, 1993).