Elsa Fraenkel 1892-1975
Head of Chungsen Chou, 1928
Bronze
21 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 8 7/8 in
54.5 x 18.5 x 22.5 cm
54.5 x 18.5 x 22.5 cm
Fraenkel’s head of the young Chinese architecture student, Chungsen Chou, has much in common with the work of Estonian émigrée sculptor Dora Gordine, who made a particular study of non-European...
Fraenkel’s head of the young Chinese architecture student, Chungsen Chou, has much in common with the work of Estonian émigrée sculptor Dora Gordine, who made a particular study of non-European models. Two further casts are known: one in stone in the Sprengel Museum, Hanover and a further bronze in the Niedersächsische Landesmuseen in Braunschweig.
Provenance
Presented to Leighton House Museum by Elsa Fraenkel in 1938 and thence to Ben Uri Collection 2018Exhibitions
2024: US: From There to Here - Britain's Gain, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, London, 17 April - 14 June2024: The Decorative Fair, Evolution London, Battersea Park, London, 23 - 28 January
2023: "Sheer Verve": The Women's International Art Club 1898–1978, Ben Uri Gallery, London, 13 September - 15 December
2023: Art, Identity, Migration - Ben Uri at the London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, 18 - 22 January
2019: Art-Exit: 1939 - A Very Different Europe, 12 Star Gallery, Europe House, London, 17 July - 11 September
2018: Acquisitions and Long-Term Loan Highlights Since 2001, Ben Uri Gallery, London, 30 October - 2 December
1937: The Women's International Art Club, Suffolk Street Galleries, London
1936: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London