Image not available
Benedikt F. Dolbin
Portrait sketch of Ferruccio Busoni
20th century
Pen and black on paper.
11 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches (292 x 231 mm)
Purchased on the Cary Fund.
1974.42:13
Inscription:
Inscribed by the artist in pencil at upper right, "Ferruccio Busoni", and signed at lower right "Dolbin"; at lower left in pencil in another hand, "B.F. Dolbin".
Provenance:
Mrs. Ellen Dolbin (d. 1974), the artist's widow.
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.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
Century:
Classification:
Department: