Pomona (small version)

Date
Artist
Marino Marini, Italian, b. Pistoia, 1901–1980
Provenance
Purchased through I.C.A., Boston
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, by April 1953-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Boston. "Sironi--Marini," 30 April-6 June 1953, no. 57. TOUR: DE YOUNG MUSEUM, San Francisco, 19 June-19 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 1 September-15 October; DELAWARE ART CENTER, Wilmington, 25 October-26 November; CURRIER GALLERY OF ART, Manchester, Massachusetts, 8 December-5 January 1954; BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, Maryland, 18 January-15 February; AKRON ART INSTITUTE, Ohio, 1-29 March; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh, 12 April-10 May.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Tokyo. "Marino Marini," 15 April-4 June 1978, no. 20, ill. p. 84. TOUR: YAMAGATA MUSEUM OF ART, 10 June-5 July; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Hokkaido, 15 July-20 August; PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART, Kumamoto, 1 September-1 October; PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Hyogo, 7 October-5 November.
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, Cincinnati, Ohio. "The Modern Art Society: The Center's Early Years, 1939-1954," 13 October-25 November 1979, ill.
TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM, Taiwan. "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum, 25 March-28 May 1995. TOUR: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA, Otsu, Japan, 1 July-6 August; ODAKYU MUSEUM , Tokyo, 9-27 August; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, Iwaki, Japan, 23 September-5 November; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December.
Published References
HAMMACHER, A. M. Marino Marini (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1969), no. 86, ill.
READ, HERBERT, GUALTIERI DI SAN LAZZARO, and PATRICK WALDBERG. Marino Marini: Complete Works (New York: Tudor, 1970), no. 134, ill.
FLETCHER, VALERIE J. The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum (Taipei: Fine Arts Museum, 1995), pp. 146-147, color ill. and rev. ed. Tokyo, Yomiuri Shimbun, 1995, no. 64, p. 117, color ill.
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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
66.3336
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
16 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in., 15 lb. (41.9 x 13 x 12.1 cm, 6.8 kg)