Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, 16 Apr 1889 - 25 Dec 1977 Search this
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")
Type:
Sculpture
Place:
United States\New York\Kings\New York
Date:
1925
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
