Benno Schotz

Berto Pasuka (c.1919-1963)

Details
Benno Schotz
Berto Pasuka (c.1919-1963)
signed (lower right)
1947, bronzed plaster
15½in. (39.4cm.) high including ebonised wooden plinth
Provenance
With The Fine Art Society, Glasgow, 1986, no.27.
Further details
A bronze of this sculpture is in the collection of Paisley Art Gallery & Museum, Scotland

Pasuka was a Jamaican dancer and creator of Ballet Negre, this head was modelled while Pasuka and his ballet company were performing in Glasgow.

Lot Essay

A bronze version of this sculpture was exhibited:
London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1947, no. 1183.
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Annual Exhibition, 1948, no. 59. Glasgow, Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Annual Exhibition, 1949, no. 4. (illustrated).
Haifa, Municipal Museum of Modern Art and Jerusalem, Bezalel National Museum, Benno Schotz Sculptures, 1955, no. 12.
Edinburgh, Benno Schotz Retrospective, Touring Exhibition, 1971, no. 52.
Glasgow, Glasgow Art Gallery & Museum, Benno Schotz Portrait Sculpture, 1978, no. 24. (illustrated).
A bronze of this sculpture is in the collection of Paisley Art Gallery & Museum.
Pasuka was a Jamaican dancer and creator of Ballet Negre. This head was modelled while Pasuka and his ballet company were performing in Glasgow.

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