PORTRAIT HEAD OF DZERZHINSKII
Creator(s): Mukhina Vera Ignat'evna (Sculptor)
Currently in storage
About this object
Represented is the head of a middle aged man semi bald, with a moustache and goatee. He has busy eyebrows, almond eyes, thin acquiline nose. Whole surface has been painted in chocolate brown. Right ear is missing, beard and neack were once broken off and have been pasted back on. Represents Dzerzhinskii, a lieutenant of Lenin, member of Cheka. Larger version never completed.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT HEAD OF DZERZHINSKII
- Made from:
- Clay
- Made in:
- USSR
- Date made:
- ca. 1930
- Size:
- 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 27.10
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973