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RICHMOND BARTHÉ (1901 - 1989)
Head of aYoungWoman
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Patinaed dental stone, circa 1960. 152 mm; 6-inches high on a 4 inch high wooden base.
Provenance: John and Marjorie Rappaport; Susan Leftstad, their daughter;Mosadi’s African-American
Art, Denver; private New York collection. According to letters from the family, this head was
commissioned by Marjorie Rappaport.The Rappaports were friends and patrons of Barthé during
his Jamaica period (1949 -1969), and they commissioned several works by him.
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