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Artist:
Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, French, b. Montauban, 1861–1929  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
73 1/4 × 62 × 24 1/8 in. (186 × 157.2 × 61.3 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
(1898-1900/cast 1956)
Provenance:
World House Galleries, New York, to 16 April 1959
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 16 April 1959-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History:
WORLD HOUSE GALLERIES, New York. "Bourdelle," 19 May-29 June 1957, no. 18, cover ill.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ART GALLERIES, Minneapolis. "Antoine Bourdelle," 8 November-8 December 1957, no. 2. TOUR: WALKER ART CENTER, 12 January-9 February 1958.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 37, ill. p. 33.
Published References:
JIANOU, IONEL, and MICHEL DUFET. Bourdelle, trans. Kathleen Muston and Bryan Richardson (Paris: Arted, 1965), p. 77, pl. 7; 2nd edition, 1975, p. 80, no. 161.
ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968), p. 56, ill.
HALE, WILLIAM H. The World of Rodin 1840-1917 (New York; Time Life Books, 1969), p. 175, caption on p. 174.
UNSIGNED. Apollo, vol. 96 (August 1972), p. 102, no. 19, ill. p. 103.
GOODE, JAMES E. "Outdoor Sculpture: Washington's Overlooked Monuments," Historic Preservation (January-March 1973), p. 6, ill.
BUTLER, JOSEPH T. "America: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Opens in Washington, DC," Connoisseur 187/753 (November 1974), ill. no. 5.
YOUNG, MAHONRI SHARP. "Letter from the U.S.A. : Hirshhorn on the Mall," Apollo 100/153 (November 1974), p. 419.
MUESSIG, RAYMOND H. ed. "Controversial Issues in the Social Studies" (Washington, DC: National Council for the Social Studies, 1975), ill. p. 196.
UNSIGNED. SMITHSONIAN TORCH (December 1978), ill. p. 8.
UNSIGNED. "Care for Outdoor Sculpture," Washington Post (30 June 1994), Washington Home, ill. p. 20.
UNSIGNED. "Gallery Listings," Intowner (May 1996), ill.
FLETCHER, VALERIE J. A Garden for Art (Washington, D.C. : Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998), no. 4, ill. p. 41.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.593
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