Date
c. 1907-1908
Artist
Elie Nadelman, American, b. Warsaw, Poland, 1882–1946
Provenance
The Artist
Helena Rubinstein, New York and Paris (acquired from the Artist)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, sale 2428, Modern Paintings and Sculpture from the Helena Rubinstein Collection, 20 April 1966, no. 22, ill.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 20 April 1966-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
GALERIE DRUET, Paris. "Elie Nadelman," 26 April-8 May 1909.
INTERNATIONAL GALLERY, New York. "Sculpture by Elie Nadelman from the Private Collection of Helena Rubinstein," 16 April-6 May 1932.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC. "Twentieth Century Sculptors and Their Drawings: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1979-80," no. 40, pp. 50, 51. Tour: COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART, Ohio, 20 June-19 August 1979; COLUMBUS MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER, Columbus, Georgia, 22 September-10 November; FLINT INSTITUTE OF ART, Michigan, 15 December-3 February 1980; SOCIETY OF FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 23 February-13 April; ANCHORAGE HISTORICAL AND FINE ARTS MUSEUM, 3 May-22 June; YELLOWSTONE ART CENTER, Billings, Montana, 26 July-23 September.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life," 3 April-20 July 2003, cat.
JEWISH MUSEUM, New York. "Helena Rubinstein: Beauty Is Power," 21 April-12 July 2015, color ill. p. 74.
Published References
MURRELL, WILLIAM. Elie Nadelman (Woodstock, New York: William Fisher, 1923), nos. 8 and 9, ill.
MCBRIDE, HENRY. "Elie Nadelman," Creative Art 10/5 (May 1932), ill. p. 392.
SPEAR, ATHENA TACHA. "Elie Nadelman's Early Heads," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 38/3 (Spring 1971), p. 210, ill. 9, p. 212.
KIRSTEIN, LINCOLN. Elie Nadelman (New York: Eakins, 1973), no. 7, ill. 17.
UNSIGNED. "Highlights," National Sculpture Review 26/3 (Fall 1977).
MILLER, SANDA. Constantin Brancusi: A Survey of His Work (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995), no. 104, ill. p. 146.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 43, p. 66.
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On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
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
66.3783
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
13 1/2 × 8 1/8 × 11 in. (34.3 × 20.6 × 27.9 cm)
