Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Profile Portrait of Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
Object Number:
1990.1.106
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 18.1 x 12.4 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm H Walker"
inscription and date: lower right: "GMartinelli / April 15-1930"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker"; signed by sitter at lower right: "GMartinelli / April 15 -- 1930"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A native of Italy, Martinelli came to the United States in 1913. He became a leading tenor of New York's Metropolitan Opera Co., San Francisco Opera Association, Chicago City Opera Co., and St. Louis Opera Co.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
