Javier Pereira, "The Oldest Man in the World" discovered by Ripley's Believe It or Not in 1955
Abram Belskie, Jr., American, 1907 - 1988
1956
Plaster
Overall: 7 1/2 × 9 × 17 3/4 in. (19.1 × 22.9 × 45.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Douglas Storer
S.989.20
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed on front: JAVIER PEREIRA
Provenance
Hazel Anderson Storer (1909-2005) [wife of Douglas F. Storer (1899-1985), Class of 1920, a producer of Ripley's Believe It or Not]; given to present collection, 1989.
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