Horse
Date
(1914/cast 1954-1963)
Artist
Raymond Duchamp-Villon, French, b. Damville, 1876–1918
Provenance
Galerie Louis Carre, Paris, ca. 1954-1963
E. V. Thaw & Co., New York, to 24 December 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 24 December 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
GALERIE LOUIS CARRE, Paris. "Duchamp-Villon," 7 June-20 July 1963, no. 12, ill. p. 35.
HOPKINS CENTER ART GALLERIES, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, New
Hampshire. "Sculpture in Our Century: Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 25 May-9 July 1967, no. 15.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Animal in Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 17 November 1977-15 January 1978, no. 17, ill. p. 13.
MUSEO THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA, Madrid. "1914! The Avant-Garde and the War," 7 October 2008-11 January 2009, no. 30, ill. p. 107.
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Published References
MICHELSON, ANNETTE. "Swiss Sculptors at the Rodin Museum: Duchamp-Villon at the Louis Carre Galerie," Art International 7/7 (25 September 1963), p. 93, ill.
HAMILTON, GEORGE HEARD. Raymond-Duchamp-Villon (New York: Walker 1967), p. 23.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. Selected Paintings and Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. no. 40.
MERILLAT, HERBERT CHRISTIAN. Modern Sculpture: The New Old Masters (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1974), no. 54, p. 148, ill. p. 46.
ROBBINS, DANIEL, ed. Jacques Villon (exhibition catalogue) (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1976), p. 77, fig. 58a.
LINN, PHYLLIS. "Finally Freeing Form," Classic 3 (August/September 1978), colorpl. p. 81.
SELZ, PETER. Art in Our Times: A Pictorial History 1890-1980 (New York: Harcout Brace Janovich and Harry N. Abrams, 1981), fig. 461, p. 190.
ZILCZER, JUDITH. "The Casting History of Duchamp-Villon's Horse," Art Bulletin 71/1(March 1989), p. 156.
"The Collection in Context: Raymond Duchamp-Villon's the Horse," Metro Herald (23 May 1997), p. 21. ill.
RICHARD, PAUL. "Apocalyptic Horse," Washington Post (12 August 1997), section Style, p. D1, D8, ill.
VERDERAME, LORI. An American Sculptor: Seymour Lipton (University Park, Pennsylvania: Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, 1999), p. 36, ill.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 36, p. 61.
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On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
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
66.1469
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
17 1/4 X 15 1/4 X 11 3/4 IN. (43.7 X 38.9 X 29.7 CM.)
