Sculptor:

Rimmer, William 1816-1879  Search this

Medium:

Bronze

Type:

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1968.2.1

Date:

Modeled ca. 1869. Cast 1967

Notes:

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

National Gallery of Art, 1990.

Weidman, Jeffrey, 1986, 1993.

Weidman, Jeffrey, "William Rimmer: Critial Catalogue Raisonne," Ph.D., Indiana University, 1981, sculpture checklist.

Image on file.

(Inscribed on base:) W Rimmer (On side of the base, by the tail:) (copyright symbol) Cast by Kennedy Galleries, Inc. / 1967 / 2/15 signed

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Summary:

Centaur figure lying on ground with left arm (truncated at the elbow) raised upward.

Topic:

Mythology--Classical--Centaur  Search this

State of Being--Death  Search this

Control number:

IAS 75003601

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_6516