Triumph of the Egg I
Date
(1937)/(cast 1941)
Artist
John B. Flannagan, American, b. Fargo, North Dakota, 1895–1942
Provenance
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, to 21 June 1955
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 21 June 1955-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
(MODERN ART SOCIETY, Cincinnati. "Accident and Design," May-June 1945. unclear which cast)
CURT VALENTIN GALLERY, New York. "Closing Exhibition of Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings," from 8 June 1955, no. 32.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 78. Tour: MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, 10 September-11 October; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 25 October-6 December; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 December-31 January 1960; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 1-27 March; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ART, 11 April-15 May; M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM, San Francisco, 29 May-10 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 24 July-4 September; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 30 September-31 October.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 156, ill. p. 171.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, ill. 414, p, 297, p. 692.
PIERRE MATISSE GALLERY, New York. "Seven Decades: Crosscurrents in Modern Art, 1895-1965," 26 April-21 May 1966, no. 222, ill. p. 122.
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. 19, ill. p. 18.
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. 23, ill. p. 14.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, Cincinnati. "The Modern Art Society, The Center's Early Years, 1939-1954," 13 October-25 November 1979.
STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARKE ART INSTITUTE, Williamstown, Massachusetts. "John Flannagan, A Maverick in Stone and Wood," 7 November-28 December 1980, no. 40, p. 29, ill. p. 32.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa. "The 1930's: The Making of 'The New Man'," 5 June-7 September 2008.
Published References
BRUNER, LOUISE. "The Hirshhorn Sculpture Collection," Toledo (Ohio) Sunday Blade Pictorial (26 July 1959), ill.
KUH, KATHERINE. "Great Sculpture," Saturday Review 45 (June 1962), p. 19, ill.
LERNER, ABRAM, et. al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), ill. 414, p. 297; p. 692.
CLAPP. voll II, part I. p. 381.
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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
66.1912
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Stone on stone base
Dimensions
12 1/4 × 15 × 9 1/4 in. (31 × 37.9 × 23.5 cm) on stone base: 3 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (9.4 × 19 × 16.4 cm)
