Sculptors' Studies and Unfinished Works Volume 33301-33506 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...The horizontal section on top is not quite clean. Preservation: Broken off short below; nose and front of forehead broken away; break through right cheek, mended with plaster; dirty and worn. Bbl.: Journal d'entree du Musee, n 35799. 33367. Mask.--Soft white limestone.--Height o m. 180 mill. (pi. XVII). Like the preceding. Horizontal section immediately above headband. Hollow behind. Preservation: Broken all round except on top and badly corroded. 33368. Portrait head.--Hard white limestone.--Height 0 m. 26 cent., breadth 0 m. 3i cent. (pi. XVII). Head of an elderly man; narrow eyes enclosed in fat; deep lines below nostrils; long upper lip; divided chin. Apparently a sculptor's study. The face is vigorously modelled and some of the details are painted. Ears unfinished, and wig and neck quite rough. Eyebrows modelled as well as painted. Surface scraped. Nose restored in plaster or originally made so. Back roughly flattened with blows of a squareheaded tool. Colour: Red on mouth and corners of eyes; black on eyebrows, lids and irises. 33369. Bust of a man.--Soft white limestone.--Height o m. 18 cent., breadth o m. 14 cent.--MitRahineh, August 1890 (pi. XVI). Head of elderly man; large jowls; face and skull hairless; deep marking behind round lower end of skull and another at back of neck. Chest flat and not modelled; back more rounded; sides of shoulders flat. Preservation: Badly corroded. Bkl.: Journal a"entree du Musee, n" 2917o. 33370. Female face.--Soft yellowish limestone.--Height o m. as cent., breadth o m. 175 mill. (pi. XVIII). Front of female head with hair hanging down on each side. Carved as if in relief, the depth being comparatively slight. Surface of hair plain. Incised lines across upper part of throat; lower part not cut down to sam...