Reuben Nakian

Egan Gallery, New York (acquired directly from the artist)

Acquired from the above in 1967 by the present owner

"Two Great American Artists," Vogue, 15 October 1961, vol. 138, another example illustrated, p. 91

"In the Galleries," Arts Magazine, October 1961, another example illustrated, p. 37

B. O'Doherty, "Art: Mythmaking in the 20th Century: Nakian's Sculpture is Shown at the Egan," The New York Times, 20 March 1962, vol. CXI, no. 38,041, p. 34, another example listed

Reuben Nakian Sculpture & Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 1962, no. 1, n.p., another example listed

"Nakian's Works in Major Show at N.Y. Museum of Modern Art," Bridgeport Sunday Post, 19 June 1966, vol. LXXVII, no. 25, p. B-20, another example illustrated

F. O'Hara, Nakian, New York, 1966, pp. 11-13, 43, 45, 53, no. 1, another example illustrated

F. O'Hara, Art Chronicles: 1954-1966, New York, 1975, p. 86, another example listed

"Reuben Nakian's Busy Year of Being 80," Bridgeport Sunday Post, 16 October 1977, vol. LXXXVIII, no. 42, p. E-7, another example listed

Masters of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture, Marlborough Fine Art, New York, 1984, another example illustrated, no. 51

Nakian: Reuben Nakian Sculpture and Drawings, DiLaurenti Gallery, New York, 1985, another example illustrated, p. 23

Robert P. Metzger, Reuben Nakian: Centennial Retrospective 1897-1986, , Reading, Pennsylvania, 1998, pp. 11-12, 37, 98, 104-105, another example listed, p. 37, another example illustrated

Richard Kostelanetz, Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, New York, 2001, another example listed, p. 437

Lucy D. Rosenfeld, A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2002, another example illustrated, p. 180

There are eight known versions as well as two artist proofs of Head of Marcel Duchamp. Other examples can be found in the collections of the Delaware Art Museum, Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.