Pompeo Luigi Coppini (1870-1957) : Bust of Francis William “Bill” Vandeveer Kughler (1901-1970), ca.1920s.

SAL record control number: 46299 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

 

Work title: Bust of Francis William “Bill” Vandeveer Kughler (1901-1970) [] ;

Alternate work titles: 
ca.2000s : Bust of Francis William “Bill” Vandeveer Kughler (1901-1970) [] ;

Work date: ca.1920s [Based on age of the model];

Work creator: Pompeo Luigi Coppini (1870-1957) [non-member] ;

Work medium: Bronze ; 
Work dimensions: ? x ? inches ; 

Inscribed / signed front: 
Location: Along base front of sculpture ; 
Dated: No?
Text: ‘F W V KUGHLER’.

Verso: [unknown] ; 

SAL category: Sculpture ; 
SAL sub-category: Bust ; 

Archives of American Art subjects:
Art
Art—American
Art―Private collections―New York (State)
Art―Private collections―New York (State)―Salmagundi
Sculpture
Sculpture — Bronze
Sculpture — Portrait
Sculpture — Portrait — Bust
Sculpture — Portrait — Bust — Artist — Francis William “Bill” Vandeveer Kughler (1901-1970)

Description of work:

Provenance:
ca.2000s : SCNY, possibly gift of Ruth Reininghaus ; 
ca.2000s : possibly Ruth Reininghaus purchased and donated the work to the club, as she was the Chair of the Curator Committee in the early 2000s and studied under Kughler ; 

Exhibition history:
2021 On current display, Parlor ; 

References / citations:

Notes: Kughler is likely modeled at about age 25 years (ca.1926) ; 

 

Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=46299

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2021.46299

Record birth date:
April 10, 2021

Last updated: May 13, 2021 at 20:29 pm