Composition
Date
(1934, cast 1961)
Artist
Henry Moore, British, b. Castleford, England, 1898–1986
Provenance
The Artist
M. Knoedler, New York, to 17 September 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 17 September 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 310.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 469.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Henry Moore: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 28 July-22 September 1978, no. 4, no ill.
ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, Toronto. "Gauguin to Moore: Primitivism in Modern Sculpture," 7 November 1981-3 January 1982, catalogue by Alan G. Wilkinson, no. 126, pp. 282-283, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York," 29 October 2015-15 February 2016, p. 186.
Published References
SYLVESTER, DAVID, ed. Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1948, vol. 1, 4th rev. ed. (London: Lund, Humphries & Co., 1957), no. 140, p. 9.
MICHELSON, ANNETTE. "Private but Public: The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," Contemporary Sculpture, Arts Yearbook 8 (New York: 1965), p. 187, ill.
RAYNOR, VIVIEN. "4,000 Paintings and 1,500 Sculptures," New York Times Magazine (27 November 1966), ill. p. 55.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 724, ill. p. 335.
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School
British Modernist Sculpture
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
66.3652
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
7 3/4 X 17 X 8 IN. (19.6 X 43.0 X 20.3 CM.)
