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Benedikt F. Dolbin
Portrait sketch of Marc Blitzstein
20th century
Pencil on paper.
11 7/8 x 7 1/16 inches (275 x 179 mm)
Purchased on the Cary Fund.
1974.42:9
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 right, "Marc Blitzstein", signed at lower right with initial "D"; various numbers at lower right possibly in another hand.
Provenance:
Mrs. Ellen Dolbin (d. 1974), the artist's widow.
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