Artist/Maker
Ettore Salvatore
Depicted
John F. Erdmann
(1864 - 1954)
Death mask of Dr. John F. Erdmann (1864–1954)
1954
Painted plaster
Overall: 14 1/2 x 7 x 7 in. ( 36.8 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm )
Gift of Mrs. John L. Kuser Jr.
1954.92
Erdmann graduated from the New York University-Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1887 and thereafter specialized in surgery and taught on the faculty of the N.Y.U. Medical School. His death mask was a gift to the New-York Historical Society from his daughter.
MarkingsPaper label on base: "COPY OF DEATH MASK OF DR. ERDMAN MADE BY ETTORE SALVATORE"
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
