five heads in a circle; head in lower right has mouth open with long fangs; frowning face with long nose at bottom center; grimacing balding head in lower left; compacted face in ULC, with head looking up; head with very large chin in profile, URC

Five Grotesque Heads, 18th century

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Title
Five Grotesque Heads
Artist Life
Italian (Bologna), 1734–1802
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.23
Provenance
[R. E. Lewis, San Francisco, until 1969; sold August, for $300, to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1969-d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
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five heads in a circle; head in lower right has mouth open with long fangs; frowning face with long nose at bottom center; grimacing balding head in lower left; compacted face in ULC, with head looking up; head with very large chin in profile, URC