Torso Femminile (Inspired by the Victory of Samothrace)
Alberto Viani, Italian, 1906 - 1989
about 1960
Marble
Overall: 58 1/2 in. (148.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H, through Friends of the Dartmouth Library
S.962.89ab
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Provenance
Possibly from the artist to Galleria Odyssia, Rome, Italy; 1960; sold to Evelyn Annenberg Friede Jaffe Hall (1911-2005) and William B. Jaffe (1904-1972), New York, about 1960; given to present collection, 1962.
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