Nana Rosenthal
Entry ID
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129 (18/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Nana Rosenthal
Description of the sculpture
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This painted porcelain work depicts a black Nana in a white dress with a dot pattern, a black band around the base, a heart on the right breast, and a flower on the left breast. She is understood to be pregnant.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Statuette
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 12.4 cm
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Width: 9 cm
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Depth: 10.4 cm
Materials
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Other
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Paint / pigment
Specific techniques used
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Modelling
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Polychromy
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Casting
Overall colour
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Polychrome
Inscriptions
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Rosenthal / Germany / Niki de St. Phalle / 95/200
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Anonymous: generic/idealised type
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Female
Age
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Adult
Status
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Free citizen
Clothing
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Wearing clothes – European/Western clothing
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Standing
Emotional state
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Indeterminate
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Unfocussed/blank eyeballs
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Date of Production
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1984
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Original purpose
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Decorative
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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S.462
Provenance history
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2012: Gifted by Eric and Jean Cass to Glasgow Museums
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17 November 1987: purchased from Rosenthal House, London
Notes
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Inscription on bottom records it as number 95 out of an edition of 200.
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/1045, . (no date) ‘Nana Rosenthal’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/1062
