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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Face Mask
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Face Mask

Artist Georges Despret (French, 1862-1952)
CultureFrench
MediumPâte de verre
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (7 x 11.4 x 15.9 cm)
InscribedFaint signature incised on chin bottom: "Despret". Otherwise, no marks.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6482
Not on view
DescriptionPate de verre face mask. Hollow, evidently molded & solid, open mold. Woman with blond hair, flesh colored skin, faintly red lips and blue eyes.

Label TextMASK OF A WOMEN Georges Despret, Jeumont, France Ca. 1906 Pate de verre. Mark: incised under chin Despret Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6482
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2016.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Georges Despret
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Georges Despret
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906