Man with Clarinet
Date
1919
Artist
Henri Laurens, French, b. Paris, 1885–1954
Provenance
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris
Peggy Guggenheim, New York, acquired in Paris 1940, sold 25 October 1942
Buchholz Gallery, New York, November 1942-1952
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, 1957
Harold Diamond, New York, to 19 November 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 19 November 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
ART OF THIS CENTURY, New York. "Peggy Guggenheim Collection," 1942.
BUCHHOLZ GALLERY, New York. "Homage to Rodin: European Sculpture of Our Time," 10 November -5 December 1942, no. 40.
BUCHHOLZ GALLERY, New York. "Carved in Stone," 27 May-22 June 1946, no. 10.
BUCHHOLZ GALLERY, New York. "Henri Laurens: Stone, Bronze, Terracotta," 29 September-18 October 1947, no. 3, ill.
BUCHHOLZ GALLERY, New York. "Cubism," 5-30 April 1949, no. 15.
CURT VALENTIN GALLERY, New York. "Henri Laurens," 12 May-7 June 1952, no. 1, ill.
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston. "European Masters of Our Time," 10 October-17 November 1957, no. 65, ill. 21.
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. "Variations on a Musical Theme: Selections from the Museum Collection," 22 July-5 September 1982, checklist.
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PA. “Fernand Leger and the Modern City” 3 October 2013-5 January 2014.
Published References
GERTZ, ULRICH. Plastik der Gegenwart (Berlin: Rembrandt, 1953), p. 218, ill. p. 188.
GUEGUEN, PIERRE. "La Sculpture Cubiste," Art d'Aujourd'hui, 4/3 (June 1953), p. 55, ill. p. 56.
LAURENS, MARTHE. Henri Laurens Sculpteur: 1885-1954 (Paris: Pierre Beres, 1955), ill. p. 78.
UNSIGNED. "European Masters of Our Time," Arts 32/1 (October 1957), ill. p. 39.
GOLDSCHEIDER, CECILE. Laurens (London: Zwemmer, 1958), no. 5, ill.
STADLER, WOLFGANG. Fuhrer durch die europaische Kunst (Freiburg: Herder, 1958), no. 42, ill.
SEUPHOR, MICHEL. Sculpture of This Century, trans. H. Chevalier (New York: Braziller, 1960), ill. p. 37.
ESTEROW, MILTON. "1,000 Inspect Huge Hirshhorn Art Collection at Greenwich Benefit," New York Times (15 September 1965), ill. p. 49.
GOLDWATER, ROBERT. "Truth to What?" Arts Yearbook 8 (1965), ill. p. 68.
GUGGENHEIM, PEGGY, ed. Art of This Century (New York: Arno reprint, 1968), p. 76, ill.
HOFMANN, WERNER. Henri Laurens: Das Plastische Werk (Stuttgart: Gerd Hatje, 1970), no. 80, ill. (also English and French editions).
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), pp. 710-711, no. 259, ill.
LIEBSON, MILT. Direct Stone Sculpture: A Guide to Technique and Creativity (Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 1991), ill. p. 18.
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Davidson, Susan et al. Peggy Guggenheim & Frederick Kiesler: The Story of Art of This Century (Guggenheim Museum, 2004), no. 4, colorpl p. 96.
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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
66.2910
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
23 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (59.7 x 21.6 x 15.9 cm)
