Object Details
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- William Zorach used the direct carving method to create this portrait head of Robert J. F. Schwarzenbach, president of a silk-manufacturing company and Swiss consul general. Schwarzenbach commissioned several sculptures from Zorach in the 1920s, but did not think this portrait was a good likeness. This reaction typified Zorach’s experiences with commissioned portraits, which frustrated him because, as he said, “if you are honest and sincere, you insult so many people.”
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- William Zorach, born Eurburg, Lithuania 1889-died Bath, ME 1966
- Sitter
- Robert Schwarzenbach
- Date
- ca. 1930
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- 16 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (41.9 x 23.5 x 27.1 cm)
- Type
- Sculpture
