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Karl Pavany-Illava

American, 1896-1954

Life Mask of Katharine Cornell

Life Mask of Katharine Cornell

Life Mask of Katharine Cornell, 1930

plaster

overall: 10 x 6 x 4 1/2 inches (25.4 x 15.24 x 11.43 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1970

1970:2.66

Inscriptions:

inscription / reverse: To the Great Katherine . . . [sic]

signature / reverse: K Illava

Provenance:

probably given to A.C. Goodyear by Katherine Cornell;
A. Conger Goodyear;
donated by the estate of Goodyear to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1970

Object Classifications:

Sculpture

Sculpture (visual work)

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