Object Details
- Artist
- Jo Davidson, 30 Mar 1883 - 2 Jan 1952
- Foundry
- C. Valsuani
- Sitter
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, 16 Apr 1889 - 25 Dec 1977
- Exhibition Label
- Born London, England
- Spotted while on tour in New York City by moviemaker Mack Sennett, English vaudevillian Charlie Chaplin was signed to appear in Sennett’s popular Keystone comedies in 1913. He quickly adapted the droopy trousers, derby hat, and cane-brandishing persona that made his “Little Tramp” a worldwide favorite in such classics as The Tramp, The Kid, The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator. In 1919 Chaplin joined Hollywood colleagues Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith in founding United Artists, a movie production studio owned and operated by the artists themselves rather than the moguls.
- Provenance
- (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.), New York; purchased NPG 1972
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1925
- Object number
- NPG.72.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- With Base: 48.3 x 17.8 x 22.2cm (19 x 7 x 8 3/4")
- Without Base: 31.8 x 18.7 x 22.5cm (12 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 8 7/8")
- Base: 16.1 x 15.9 x 15.2cm (6 5/16 x 6 1/4 x 6")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- NPG Mezzanine: 20th and 21st Century Americans
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 321 Mezzanine
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Male
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Film director
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Performer\Comedian
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Performer\Vaudeville performer
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Screenwriter
- Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin: Performing arts awards\Academy Award
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.72.30
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm478a8f47d-b0f5-444d-8ef7-a27efb154823
