Date
c. 1909-1910
Artist
Elie Nadelman, American, b. Warsaw, Poland, 1882–1946
Provenance
The Artist, Paris, 1911
Helena Rubinstein, New York (acquired from the Artist)
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, sale 2428, 20 April 1966, Modern Paintings and Sculpture from the Helena Rubinstein Collection, no. 23, ill.
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 20 April 1966-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
PATERSON GALLERY, London. "Nadelman," April 1911.
INTERNATIONAL GALLERY, New York. "Sculpture by Elie Nadelman from the Private Collection of Helena Rubinstein," 16 April-6 May 1932.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
WHITNEY MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, New York [organizer]. "The Sculpture and Drawings of Elie Nadelman," 23 September-30 November 1975, no. 30, ill. p. 43. Tour: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 18 December-15 February 1976.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life," 3 April-20 July 2003, cat.
MUSEE D'ORSAY, Paris "Oublier Rodin: La Sculpture en France, 1905-1914," 9 March 2009-31 May 2009. Tour: FUNDACION CULTURAL MAPFRE, Madrid, 23 June-4 September 2009.
Published References
UNSIGNED. "A New Sculptor: Two Examples of the Work of Elie Nadelman," Black and White (1 April 1911), ill.
WEICHSEL, JOHN. "Elie Nadelman's Sculpture," East and West 1 (August 1915), ill. p. 144.
NIRDLINGER, VIRGINIA. "Elie Nadelman," Parnassus 4/4 (April 1932), p. 13, ill. p. 22
RUBINSTEIN, HELENA. My Life for Beauty (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966), ill. n.p. (in photo of hallway).
KIRSTEIN, LINCOLN. Elie Nadelman Drawings (New York: Bittner 1949), reprint (New York: Hacker, 1970), ill. p. 22, fig. r.
SPEAR, ATHENA TACHA. "Elie Nadelman's Early Heads (1905-1911), Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 28/3 (Spring 1971), p. 202, note 5, p. 214, note 19.
KIRSTEIN, LINCOLN. Elie Nadelman (New York: Eakins, 1973), ill. 177 (as Lost).
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 728, ill. 144.
ANTLIFF, ALLAN. "Cosmic Modernism: Elie Nadelman, Adolf Wolff, and the Materialist Aesthetics of John Weichsel," Archives of American Art Journal 38/3 &4 (1998), p. 25, ill. in photo of the first page from Weichsel's article from East and West (August 1915).
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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
66.3784
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
34 5/8 x 13 1/2 x 15in. (87.9 x 34.3 x 38.1cm)
