Head of Marie Tracey
Entry ID
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32 (10/01/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Head of Marie Tracey
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Marie Tracey
Previous title(s)
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Marie (as given in London 1942, no. 6)
Description of the sculpture
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A bronze portrait head of Marie Tracey, looking upwards, with her short hair styled on top of her head. The green-patinated bust is elevated on a square base with two tiers.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Head
Base
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Base present - appears to be the original base
Dimensions
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Height: 40.8 cm
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Width: 29.5 cm
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Depth: 34.3 cm
Materials
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Bronze
Specific techniques used
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Casting
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Patination
Overall colour
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Monochrome – other
Inscriptions
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Back of right shoulder: 'Epstein'
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Identifiable: specific individual
Identity of Black person (real or fictive)
Attributes
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None
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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No clothes included (head)
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Not relevant (head)
Emotional state
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Neutral/emotionless
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking upwards
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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1938
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 / most recently known location
Accession number
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GMA 3484
Provenance history
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1989, bequeathed to National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art by Miss Elizabeth Watt
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c. 1946-1989: Elizabeth Watt Collection
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c. 1946: Zwemmer's London
Exhibition ID number
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London 1942, no. 6
Notes
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The original plaster model (which includes the torso to the waist) is in Goddard Art Gallery, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, USA
Reference pages
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Silber 1986, p. 186, cat. no. 297
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/21, . (no date) ‘Head of Marie Tracey’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/334
