Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)
Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)

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A relief of Yehudi Menuhin. Head and shoulders, turned to the right, looking down with his eyes closed and resting his head against the neck of his violin. His left hand is shown, holding the instrument. The bronze is laid down on a dark-stained wooden panel, curved to follow the outline of the relief, with a metal hanger on the verso. The work froms part of the Foyle Menuhin Archive.

A copy of this bust is fixed to the front of the Villa Carola in Sinaia, Romania, home of Joseph Ungarth, an entrepreneur and where Menuhin, as an 11–year-old child, stayed while taking violin lessons for two months at the nearby home of George Enescu.

A card with the name of Pofessor Alexandru Badulescu, Inspectoratul Pentru Cultura al Judetului Prahova, Ploiesti, Romania, is taped to the lower border of the verso.

Royal Academy of Music

London

Title

Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)

Date

1995

Medium

wood & bronze

Measurements

H 39.7 x W 40 x D 5 cm

Accession number

2011.379

Acquisition method

purchased by the Foyle Foundation, Sir John Ritblat Hon FRAM and an anonymous donor, 2004

Work type

Relief

Signature/marks description

impressed letters and numbers 'M S 95' on the left lapel of the jacket (facing the viewer).

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