Reading Monks III
Date
1932/cast 1945-1951
Artist
Ernst Barlach, German, b. Wedel, 1870–1938
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf, 1956
Fine Arts Associates, New York, to 9 April 1957
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 9 April 1957-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
GALERIE ALEX VÖMEL, Düsseldorf. "Barlach," October 1951.
FINE ARTS ASSOCIATES, New York. "Rodin to Lipchitz," Part II, October-November 1956, no. 1, ill.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 53. 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 ART, 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 1965, no. 25, ill. p. 48.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Boston. "Expressionist Challenge," 3 December 1985-9 February 1986.
Published References
DORNE, ALBERT. "In the Office: Joseph Hirshhorn," Art in America 46 (Summer 1958), ill. p. 40.
SAARINEN, ALINE B. The Proud Processor (New York: Random House, 1958), ill. following p. 200.
SALTMARCHE, KENNETH. "Notes on Special Exhibitions: Sculpture in Our Time," Art Quarterly 22/4 (Winter 1959), p. 351.
SCHULT, FRIEDRICH. Ernst Barlach: das Plastische Werk (Hamburg: Hauswedell, 1960), no. 420, p. 226.
UNSIGNED. Art Gallery of Toronto News and Notes 4/3 (October 1960), p. 2.
WERNER, ALFRED. Ernst Barlach (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966), no. 53, ill. p. 108.
SONTAG, RAYMOND J. A Broken World 1919-1939 (New York: Harper&Row, 1971), ill. 36.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 662, ill. no. 434.
WERNER, ALFRED. "Gothic Master: Annversary of his death," National Sculpture Review 26/4 (Winter 1977-1978), ill. p. 21.
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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
66.366
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
22 5/8 X 17 3/8 X 14 3/8 IN. (57.3 X 44.1 X 36.3 CM.)
