Title
Dora Ohlfsen with the plaster cast of her 1922 medallion of Mussolini
(1922)
Artist
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Details
- Date
- (1922)
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- copy print of a gelatin silver photograph
- Dimensions
- 12.8 x 18.0 cm image/sheet
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- National Art Archive. Gift of Dora Stanford 1995.
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- ARC366.1.3
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Unknown
Works in the collection
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About
In 1922 Mussolini agreed to sit for a portrait by Dora Ohlfsen. She visited him at Palazzo Chigi, making sketches for the work. He eventually signed the plaster cast of the medallion and inscribed it with the motto 'per adua ad astra' (through adversity to the stars). The portrait was a commission from Adrian Charles Moreing, the owner of a bauxite mine at Predil. The medallion was presented as a gift to Mussolini and another copy was placed at the entrance of the mine.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Dora Ohlfsen and the facade commission, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Oct 2019–08 Mar 2020
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Freda Sternberg, 'Australian sculptor', Melbourne, 07 Jan 1926. illus.
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