Artist:

Gerhard Marcks, German, b. Berlin, 1889–1981  Search this

Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

23 1/4 X 11 3/8 X 7 3/8 IN. (59.0 X 28.7 X 18.7 CM.) on marble base, H: 1 1/2 IN. (3.9 CM.)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1945)

Provenance:

Galerie Rudolf Hoffmann, Hamburg/Curt Valentin Gallery, NY, 12 April 1955

Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, to 12 April 1955

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 12 April 1955-17 May 1966

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History:

LEONID KIPNIS GALLERY, Westport, Connecticut. "Modern Sculpture," 18-30 November 1956 (sponsored by the Westport Community Art Association), no. 24.

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 141.

SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 274.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC. "Extended Loan," 11 June 1974-?

Published References:

BUSCH, GUNTER. Gerhard Marcks: Das Plastische Werk (Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Wien: Propylaen Verlag, 1977), no. 475, p. 333, ill.

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.3299

See more items in:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School:

German Expressionism

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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