Small Female Torso
Date
(1911) cast 1946-1955
Artist
Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German, b. Duisburg, 1881–1919
Provenance
Fine Arts Associates, New York, to 9 January 1957
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 9 January 1957-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
FINE ART ASSOCIATES, New York. "Rodin to Lipchitz, Part II," 9 October-3 November 1956, no. 20.
MEAD ART BUILDING, AMHERST COLLEGE, Massachusetts. "The 1913 Armory Show in Retrospect," 17 February-17 March 1958, no. 30.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 56. 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. 29, ill. p. 24.
HOPKINS ART CENTER, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, New Hampshire. "Sculpture in Our Century: Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 25 May-9 July 1967, no. 29, ill. p. 24.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
ART GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park. "Sculptors' Drawings," 15 January-15 March 1983.
OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF ART, Oklahoma City. "Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 August 1984-9 August 1985.
Published References
SAARINEN, ALINE B. The Proud Possessors (New York: Random House, 1958), ill. following p. 200.
CLAPP, JANE. Sculpture Index, vol. 1 (Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1970), p. 540.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 712, ill. 168.
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School
German Expressionism
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
66.2995
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
26 3/8 X 10 3/4 X 9 IN. (66.9 X 27.2 X 22.9 CM.)