Date
(1880-1882/enlarged 1907-1911, cast 1962)
Artist
Auguste Rodin, French, b. Paris, 1840–1917
Provenance
Musée Rodin, Paris, 1962 (Inventory No. I.489)
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, to 28 February 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 28 February 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
GALERIE CLAUDE BERNARD, Paris. "August Rodin," January-February 1963, no. 14, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Rodin Rediscovered," 28 June 1981-2 May 1982, no. 281 (as 1908 (?) enlargement from 1880-81 work).
Published References
JIANOU, IONEL and CECILE GOLDSCHEIDER. Rodin (Paris: Arted, 1967), p. 89.
UNSIGNED. "Sculpture: Fresh-Air Fun," Time 90 (8 September 1967), colorpl. p. 75, p. 77.
ARNASON, H. HARVARD. History of Modern Art (New York: Abrams, 1968), p. 60, ill. 78.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 740, ill. 89.
TANCOCK, JOHN L. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1976), no. 6, other casts, p. 140.
FLETCHER, VALERIE J. A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in association with Thames and Hudson, New York, 1998), no. 1. ill. p. 38, fig. 28, p. 30.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 2, p. 32.
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On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), Plaza
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.4342
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
37 1/2 × 27 5/8 × 24 1/4 in. (95.1 × 70.2 × 61.5 cm)
