Irene Millet

Antoine-Emile Bourdelle

1917 · Original plaster, tinted and polychromed · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Greco-Egyptian funerary portraiture provided the stylistic inspiration for this bust. The subdued polychromy indicates that it was intended for execution in pâte de verre; an example of the head alone in that medium is in the Musée Bourdelle, Paris. Mrs. Millet and her husband were the donors of the Museum's monumental bronze Herakles the Archer by Bourdelle (24.232).

Artist

Antoine-Emile Bourdelle

Date

1917

Medium

Original plaster, tinted and polychromed

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Stephen C. Millett, 1966