West 21st Street, New York

1959

David Vestal

Associated Names
David Vestal

Artist, American, 1924 - 2013

The sculpture features the face of a man with a mustache, strong facial features, and curly hair framing his face. The upper part of the sculpture includes a headdress or helmet with a stylized animal motif, possibly a lion's head with an open mouth. The face is serious and frontal, and beneath the chin, there are decorative elements resembling clusters of fruits or rounded objects. The material seems to be stone, apparent from its rough, weathered texture and monochromatic hue in the black and white photograph. A human hand is visible at the lower left for scale, indicating the sculpture's size. The stone surface shows a mix of smooth and rough areas, highlighting the sculpture's intricate details.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Seth and Erin Neubardt

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 34.4 × 22.9 cm (13 9/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.140.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Seth Neubardt, Rye, NY; gift to NGA (through Robert Mann Gallery, New York), 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: David Vestal; by artist, upper left in graphite underlined: 797; center in graphite crossed out: 11 1/2; lower center in graphite crossed out: 75+; lower center in graphite: WEST 21st STREET / NEW YORK, 1959; bottom center in graphite: 59120-29; bottom right in graphite: PRINT / c.1960; by unknown hand, top center in graphite: CAT NY59-797-4041-914 / RMG 141-5/15/02; top right in graphite: 7029 / rmg 23816; center stamped in black ink: DAVID VESTAL

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