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Benedikt F. Dolbin
Portrait sketch of Benjamin Britten
20th century
Pencil on paper.
11 5/8 x 9 9/16 inches (294 x 242 mm)
Purchased on the Cary Fund.
1974.42:12
Notes:
One of 86 portrait sketches of musicians including the likenesses of most of the leading composers, conductors, and instrumentalists of the first half of the twentieth century. All were done from life, and many appeared in Musical America.
Inscription:
Inscribed by the artist in pencil at upper left, "Britten", margin lines in blue pencil, signed at lower right with initial "D", various printer's marks on verso.
Provenance:
Mrs. Ellen Dolbin (d. 1974), the artist's widow.
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