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

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A portrait head of Yehudi Menuhin. Depicted when elderly, balding, looking down. The work is rough-cast bronze on a black polished granite base. The work froms part of the Foyle Menuhin Archive.

Royal Academy of Music

London

Title

Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)

Date

1994

Medium

bronze & granite

Measurements

H 49 x W 26 x D 30.5 cm

Accession number

2015.408

Acquisition method

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

Work type

Bust

Signature/marks description

a small brass plate on the plinth, right rear, records: ZOFIA WOLSKA / WARSZAWA POLOGNE; incised on the rear below the neck: E/A ZW 94

Inscription description

a brass inscription plate on the front of the plinth engraved with the words: A MAESTRO YEHUDI MENUHIN / ZOFIA WOLSKA SCULPTEURSE / SINFONIA VARSOVIA GALA CONCERT, VARSOVIA, 23.03.1994

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