Untitled (E 1627089228)
- Date
- 1992
- made in
- Rome, Lazio region, Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 25 3/8 x 19 5/8 in. (64.4 x 49.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard, the Earl and Betsy Millard Collection
- Rights
- © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Object Number
- 104:2003
NOTES
This portrait of a stern-faced, bald man with a mustard yellow complexion is meant to embody the idea of corruption. This theme suggested itself to Thomas Schütte during his 1992 stay in Rome when magistrates exposed illegal financing of political parties in Italy. At that time Schütte was also interested in the theory of physiognomy, a 19th-century pseudoscience based on the idea that the features of the face are indicative of character. The artist dates the exact time of the drawing's completion in the lower right corner, "E 1627089228"-E series, completed at 16:00 hours, 27 August 1992, number 28.
Provenance
- 1993
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY, USA, purchased from the artist
1993 -
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Marian Goodman Gallery
2003 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard [1]
Notes:
The primary source of provenance is Betsy Millard [information for appraisals form, SLAM document files].
[1] The terms of this partial and promised gift are detailed in the contract between Betsy Millard and the Saint Louis Art Museum [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2003.
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY, USA, purchased from the artist
1993 -
Earl Millard (d.1996) and Betsy Millard, St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Marian Goodman Gallery
2003 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, partial and promised gift of Betsy Millard [1]
Notes:
The primary source of provenance is Betsy Millard [information for appraisals form, SLAM document files].
[1] The terms of this partial and promised gift are detailed in the contract between Betsy Millard and the Saint Louis Art Museum [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2003.
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