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Bust of the painter Henri Nazon (1821-1902)

(French, 1861–1929)
1893
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 66.5 × 59.5 × 38.5 cm (26 3/16 × 23 7/16 × 15 3/16 in.)
Credit LineJohn Lowell Gardner Fund
Accession number2019.636
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceUntil 2017, by descent within the family of the sitter, Henri Nazon (b. 1821 – d. 1902), Paris; April 30, 2017, Henri Nazon collection sale, Osenat, Paris, lot 38, unsold; 2017, sold privately to Galerie Talabardon et Gautier, Paris; 2019, sold by Talabardon et Gautier to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2019)
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