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Benedikt F. Dolbin
Portrait sketch of John Cage
20th century
Pencil on paper.
12 x 9 1/2 inches (305 x 241 mm)
Purchased on the Cary Fund.
1974.42:14
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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 right, "John Cage", and signed at lower left with initial "D".
Provenance:
Mrs. Ellen Dolbin (d. 1974), the artist's widow.
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