Myrna Loy

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Object Details

Artist

Wladyslaw Theodore Benda, 1873 - 1948

Sitter

Myrna Loy, 2 Aug 1905 - 14 Dec 1993

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

c. 1940

Object number

NPG.93.123

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Molded unbleached paper, glue, brass wire, varnish (Valspar or shellac), oil paint, Mandarin-red enamel ground, Japan lac, and gold leaf

Dimensions

23.5 × 23.2 × 12.1 cm (9 1/4 × 9 1/8 × 4 3/4")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Mask

Myrna Loy: Female

Myrna Loy: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Theater\Stage actor

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Myrna Loy: Medicine and Health\American Red Cross\Volunteer

Myrna Loy: Performing arts awards\Academy Award

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4955a1021-3b70-4cd5-bb03-d4b0caea895f

Record ID

npg_NPG.93.123