Robert Arneson
1978 · Glazed earthenware · Modern and Contemporary Art
These satiric self-portraits make reference to the history of sculpture, from the busts of antiquity to the eighteenth-century caricatures of Franz Xavier Messerschmidt.
Self-PortraitRobert Arneson
UntitledUnknown
Glass double head-shaped flaskUnknown
Bottoms-up cup or stirrup cup (Sturzbecher)Unknown
A Mongolian manBow Porcelain Factory
George WhitefieldEnoch Wood
Monkey musician (part of a set)Derby Porcelain Manufactory
A Mongolian ladyBow Porcelain Factory
Woman wearing skirt with panniers and sack backThomas Whieldon factory, Stoke-on-Trent, Fenton Vivian, Staffordshire
Marble relief fragment with the head of MarsUnknown
Oil lamp based on the form of an African’s headAndrea Briosco, called Riccio
Monkey musician (part of a set)Derby Porcelain Manufactory