Provenance

Musée Rodin, Paris, 1926

Sir Edmund Davis, Chilham Castle, Kent, England, 1926-21 February 1939

Lady Davis, Chilham Castle, 21 February 1939-27 March 1942

Christie, Manson & Woods, London, Sale, 27 March 1942, lot 134

Arcade Gallery, London, 27 March 1942-c. 1948

H.J. Laufer, London, c. 1948-30 March 1957

Philip Granville, London, 30 March 1957

Peridot Gallery, New York, 30 March 1957-19 May 1966

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 19 May 1966-25 September 1974

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1974

Exhibition History

PERIDOT GALLERY, New York. "Sculpture and Drawings," 23 December 1957-11 January 1958, ill.

PERIDOT GALLERY, New York. "Painting and Sculpture," June 1960, no cat.

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Rodin," 29 April-10 September 1963, no. 28. TOUR: CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, San Francisco, 19 October-8 December, no. 34.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 1 October 1974-15 September 1975.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Rodin Rediscovered," 28 June 1981-2 May 1982.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Relief Sculpture: Selections from the Museum's Collection," 26 January-13 April 1986, no. 6.

Published References

BURROWS, CARLYLE. "Art: Events on Hand for Holiday Season," New York Herald Tribune (29 December 1957), sec. 6, p. 9.

MUNSTERBERG, HUGO. "In the Galleries: European Drawings and Sculpture," Arts 32 (December 1957), p. 52, ill.

PRESTON, STUART. "The State Department Builds Abroad," New York Times (29 December 1957), sec. 2, p. 9.

UNSIGNED. "1960--The Aftermath of a Revolution in Art," New York Times (5 June 1960), sec. 2, p. 16.

ELSEN, ALBERT E. Rodin (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1963), p. 37, ill. p. 39.

JIANOU, IONEL, and CECILE GOLDSCHEIDER. Rodin (Paris: Arted, 1969), p. 87.

LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), pp. 51, 740, ill. 86.

TANCOCK, JOHN. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin (Philadelphia: Museum of Art, 1976), no. 2, see other casts, p. 110.

KESSLER, PAM. "Museums and Galleries: Risk, Romance in 'Relief'," Washington Post (31 January 1986), weekend section, p. 37.

RICHARD, PAUL. "A Matter of Great Relief," Washington Post (3 February 1986), p. B4, ill.