Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Bust-length strict-profile portrait of a man facing left, inspired by ancient Roman sculpture. Heavily shaded throughout, especially around the eye and cheekbone. He is identified by large, ancient-inspired text at left beneath the chin: " AVGVSTVS / CAESAR"
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Artist
- Gustav Jensen, Danish, 1898 – 1954
- Date
- 1930–32
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ellen Gustav Jensen
- Medium
- China crayon on tissue paper
- Dimensions
- 42.2 x 34.2 cm (16 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
