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Artist:
Elie Nadelman, American, b. Warsaw, Poland, 1882–1946  Search this
Medium:
Marble on serpentine base
Dimensions:
12 5/8 × 8 3/8 × 9 in. (32.1 × 21.3 × 22.9 cm) on base 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
(c. 1909)
Provenance:
Senator Clarence Watson
George W. Fleming, New York
Children of Brooks Fleming, 1956 (see provenance data of telephone conversation with Mrs. Fleming, 28 August 1973 in provenance file)
Edwin Hewitt Gallery, New York, 1957 (on consignment to M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1964)
M. Knoedler & Co., to 30 September 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 30 September 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History:
GALERIE DRUET, Paris."Elie Nadelman," 26 April-8 May 1909.
GREAT HALL Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 11 June 1974.
WHITNEY MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, New York [organizer]. "The Sculpture and Drawings of Elie Nadelman," 23 September-30 November 1975, no. 23, ill. p. 37. Tour: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,18 December-15 February 1976.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life," 3 April-20 July 2003, cat.
Published References:
SPEAR, ATHENA TACHA. "Elie Nadelman's Early Heads (1905-1911)," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 28, no.3 (Spring 1971), p. 216, ill. 16.
UNSIGNED. "Acquisition of Modern Art by Museums," Burlington Magazine 114, no. 832 (July 1972), p. 509.
KIRSTEIN, LINCOLN. Elie Nadelman (New York: Eakins, 1973), no. 20 (as Ideal Head).
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.3782
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Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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