Bust portraits of Joseph Paul-Boncour [addressing the Assembly of the League of Nations]

League of Nations Portraits

Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

Title:

Date:

1928

Artist:

Medium:

Black pastel and graphite on paper with framing lines in graphite

Dimensions

11 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.

Classification

Drawings-watercolors

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[top left in black pastel]: France: -- / through / M. Paul- / Boncour; [bottom right in black pastel]: Geneva / V.O / 1928; [bottom center in black pastel]: A Decoration greatly to be missedAlong with Aristide Briand, Paul-Boncour had been a delegate of France to the League of Nations since 1926. He served as his country's permanent delegate from 1932 to 1936. He later led the French delegation at the United Nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paul-Boncour

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