Artist:

Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Exster, Ukrainian, b. Bialystok, Poland, 1882–1949  Search this

Medium:

Wood, paint, metal, tin, fabric, thread, and plastic

Dimensions:

20 3/8 x 10 x 5 1/2 in. (51.6 x 25.3 x 14 cm)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

(1926)

Provenance:

Neehama Smuscowicz, Paris

Werner Kunze, Berlin

Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg

Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, to 15 December 1976

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 15 December 1976-17 March 1977

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1977

Exhibition History:

GALERIE DER STURM, Berlin. "Alexandra Exter--Stage Designs and Marionettes," October 1927, no. 15. Tour: Magdeburg, 1927; CLARIDGE GALLERY, London, 1928.

GALERIE QUATRE CHEMINS, Paris. "Alexandra Exter, Theater: Maquettes, Decors, Costumes," 1929-30, cat. no. 44-50.

MUSÉE DES ARTS METIERS, Prague. "Alexandra Exter, Theatre: Maquettes, Decors, Costumes," 1937, no. 102-116.

LEONARD HUTTON GALLERIES, New York. "Alexandra Exter: Marionettes," 23 October 1975-January 1976, cat. no. 15, color ill. p. 22.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Acquisitions: 1974-1977," 25 March-24 July 1977, unnumbered checklist.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Alexandra Exter," 17 April-6 July 1980, checklist no. 2.

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PA. “Fernand Leger and the Modern City” 3 October 2013-5 January 2014.

Published References:

GOLD, BARBARA. "Hirshhorn Museum Shows How It's Doing," Baltimore Sun (27 March 1977), n.p.

LAWRENCE, SIDNEY. "Hirshhorn Opens New Acquisitions Exhibition," Smithsonian Torch no. 77-4 (April 1977), p. 8.

LAWRENCE, SIDNEY. "Three Hirshhorn Acquisitions Reveal Unusual Histories," Smithsonian Torch, no. 77-5 (May 1977), n.p.

REEDER, ROBERTA. "Puppets: Moving Sculpture," Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, 1875-1945 2 (Winter 1989), fig. 12, p. 122.

RICHARD, PAUL. "Alexandra Exter's Marionettes," Washington Post (28 May 1995), p. G3.

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1977

Accession Number:

77.22

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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