Japanese Gentleman
Emil Fuchs
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
MEDIUM
Bronze, marble
DATES
1913
DIMENSIONS
29 3/8 × 8 7/8 × 10 in. (74.6 × 22.5 × 25.4 cm)
mount: 29 1/2 × 9 × 9 1/2 in. (74.9 × 22.9 × 24.1 cm)
(show scale)
SIGNATURE
Incised on back of neck: "Emil Fuchs / 1913"
ACCESSION NUMBER
32.2092.21
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Estate of Emil Fuchs
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Bronze bust of Japanese man with thick hair, small mustache, and head turned toward right; Japanese characters [?] in rectangular plaque below neck; bust attached to square pedestal base.
CAPTION
Emil Fuchs (American, born Austria, 1866–1929). Japanese Gentleman, 1913. Bronze, marble, 29 3/8 × 8 7/8 × 10 in. (74.6 × 22.5 × 25.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emil Fuchs, 32.2092.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 32.2092.21_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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Who or what is this sculpture?
This was sculpted by Emil Fuchs in 1913. It depicts an unnamed Japanese Gentleman.