A portrait mask of the poet Brendan Behan, an Anglo-Irish poet. Wire hair set with laurel werath. Steel plate on underside, behind eyes.
Inscription
Stamped on
Marks
Paper label on reverse: "BORSTAL BOY" / 1961 / HAMMERED STEEL / KAHLIL GIBRAN"
Provenance
1992, purchased from the artist by Martha and William Ross; 1992, gift to the MFA.
Credit Line
Gift of Martha E. and William H. Ross
1961
- Kahlil G. Gibran, American, 1922–2008