Dora Gordine 1895-1991
Head of an African Woman, c.1920s
Plaster
20 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in
52 x 24 x 24 cm
52 x 24 x 24 cm
This sensitively modelled portrait head of an unidentified African woman was probably created during Gordine's years in Paris in the late 1920s.
This sensitively modelled portrait head of an unidentified African woman was probably created during Gordine's years in Paris in the late 1920s.
Provenance
Purchased 2021 with reallocated proceeds from the sale of a deaccessioned work by Emmanuel Mané-KatzExhibitions
2024: The Decorative Fair, Evolution London, Battersea Park, London, 23 - 28 January2023: “Sheer Verve”: The Women's International Art Club 1898–1978, Ben Uri Gallery, London, 13 September - 15 December
2023: Shaping the Future: New Arrivals at the Ben Uri Collection, Ben Uri Gallery, London, 1 March - 2 June
2023: Art, Identity, Migration - Ben Uri at the London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, 18 - 22 January