Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French, b. Valenciennes, 1827–1875 Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
31 3/8 x 23 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (79.7 x 58.7 x 40.1 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1873
Provenance:
The Artist, Paris, late 1873-1874
[Hotel Drouot, Paris, sale "Terre cuites, bronzes, marbres de Carpeaux," 28 December 1874, no. 77 (H. 85 cm)]
Feuillard, Paris
Mallett at Bourdon House, London, by May 1965
Wildenstein, New York, by December 1965-14 January 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 14 January-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History:
MALLETT AT BOURDON HOUSE, London. "Sculptures and Sketches by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux," 24 May-12 June 1965, no. 25.
WILDENSTEIN, New York, "Carpeaux," 7 December 1965-15 January 1966, no. 28.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 41.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Rodin Rediscovered," 28 June 1981-31 January 1982.
STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE, Williamstown, Massachusetts. "A Romance with Realism: The Art of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux," 6 May-27 August 1989, cat. by Jennifer Gordon Lovett, pp. 41-42, ill. no. 35, p. 41. TOUR: BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Brunswick, Maine, 12 October-17 December 1989.
Published References:
ROSTROP, H. A Guide to the Department of Modern Works of Art (Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, 1927; revised ed., 1936), p. 71, no. 595 (entry on their plaster refers to the bronze).
T. H. "Carpeaux: A Master of the Second Empire," Apollo 81/40 (June 1965), no. 1, ill. p. 490.
PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, New York. "19th Century Works of Art," sale catalogue (16 October 1970), p. 64 (essay of lot. 94 refers to the bronze).
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), pp. 38, 672, ill. no. 41, p. 39.
UNSIGNED. Catalogue Sommaire des Sculptures du Musee d'Orsay (Paris, 1986), p. 74 (entry on plaster #RF 1054 refers to the bronze, citing HMSG).
REESE, NICHOLAS. Washington (London: Studio Editions, 1995), ill. p. 40.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
