Maria Lani
The actress and model was born in Warsaw and trained in Max Reinhardt's theater school in Berlin. In 1929 fifty-one artists, including Despiau, were invited to portray her for an exhibition in New York.
Artwork Details
- Title: Maria Lani
- Artist: Charles-Albert Despiau (French, Mont-de-Marsan 1874–1946 Paris)
- Founder: Cast by C. Valsuani
- Date: 1929
- Culture: French
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Height (without base): 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
- Credit Line: Edith Perry Chapman Fund, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, gift of Lillie P. Bliss
- Object Number: 55.21.9
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Charles-Albert Despiau
n.d.
Charles-Albert Despiau
1918
Charles-Albert Despiau
C. Valsuani
after 1937
Charles-Albert Despiau
n.d.
Charles-Albert Despiau
probably 1921
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