from the artist; Galerie Robert Schmit, Paris (founded 1964); private collection, Washington
Eltville am Rhein, Germany, 1873–Bad Honnef, Germany, 1955
He purchased Pablo Picasso’s The Tragedy (1903; National Gallery of Art, Washington
Milan, 1885–Milan 1969
Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Nude Woman (1910; National Gallery of Art, Washington
Kraków, Poland, 1872−New York, 1965
she acquired Constantin Brancusi’s Bird in Space (1927; National Gallery of Art, Washington
Signature: Signed and dated (lower right): D.C.F./1930Inscription: Inscribed: (on shield) LOYALTY / WISDOM / FRIENDSHIP / DILIGENCE; (on field, lower half) BASHFORD DEAN / 1867–1928 / HONORARY CURATOR OF ARMS AND ARMOR 1906 / CURATOR OF ARMS AND ARMOR 1912 / TRUSTEE 1927 / THE REAL FOUNDER OF / THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION / WHICH BY HIS KNOWLEDGE AND DEVOTION / HE MADE / ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT / OF THE WORLDMarking: Foundry mark (lower right, under signature): KUNST F’DRY N
leading sculptors and the creator of such famous monuments as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington
discusses it with two other still lifes from the same period (National Gallery of Art, Washington
Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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master’s certificate in museum collections management and care from the George Washington
Washington, 2014, p. 97, fig. 10 (color), sees it as a precedent for the artist’s
France, 1900−Paris, 1965
Paintings, Inc., are housed at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
