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Korvar-style figure
Korvar-style figure

Korvar-style figure

early 20th century
Medium/TechniqueWood, pigments
DimensionsOverall: 58.4 x 14 cm (23 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.285
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1940, Pierre Verité (dealer; b. 1900 – d. 1993), Paris. By 1940, Museum d’Histoire, LaRochelle, France [see note]. May 1, 1986, sold by Wayne Heathcote (dealer), New York, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)

NOTE: Attempts to verify this information about the Museum d'Histoire have not yet been successful.
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