Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, French, b. Montauban, 1861–1929 Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
39 3/4 x 24 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (101 x 61.6 x 41.2 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
(1911), cast 1950s
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist (Mme. Bourdelle), Paris
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, to 11 December 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 11 December 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History:
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 38, ill. p. 32.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa (organized by Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York). "Antoine Bourdelle," 5-29 October 1961, pl. 56 . TOUR: CHARLES E. SLATKIN GALLERIES, 13 November-9 December; TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, Ohio, 5 January-8 February 1962; CITY ART MUSEUM OF ST. LOUIS, Missouri, 20 February-April; SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART, California, 20 April-27 May; FINE ARTS GALLERY OF SAN DIEGO, California, 8 June-15 July; CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, San Francisco, 1 August-8 September; CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, Ohio, 5 October-4 November.
Published References:
JIANOU, IONEL, and MICHEL DUFET. Bourdelle, tran. Kathleen Muston and Bryan Richardson (Paris: Arted, 1965), p. 86 ; 2nd edition, 1975, no. 324, p. 21.
ANARSON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Abrams, 1968), p. 65, ill. p. 67.
JIANOU, IONEL, and MICHEL DUFET. Bourdelle (Paris: Livre de Poche, 1970), p. 54, ill.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
