Torso of a Young Woman
Date
(1909)/(cast 1959)
Artist
Auguste Rodin, French, b. Paris, 1840–1917
Provenance
Musee Rodin, Paris, 1959
Alan Gallery, New York, to 31 January 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 31 January 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. 397, ill. p. 26.
LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON LIBRARY, Austin, Texas. "Sculptors and Their Drawings: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 4 October 1974-5 January 1975, ill. p. 3.
GREENVILLE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, South Carolina. "Modern Sculptors and Their Drawings: Selected Works from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 30 November 1977-22 January 1978, ill. p. 50. TOUR: COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART, South Carolina, 5 February-19 March; GIBBES ART GALLERY, Charleston, South Carolina, 4 April-14 May.
COOPER-HEWITT MUSEUM, Smithsonian Institution, New York. "Smithsonian," 11 September 1979-6 January 1980, no. cat.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, SHIGA, Otsu, Japan. "The Human Figure Interpreted: Modern Sculpture from the Hirshhorn Museum," 1 July-6 August 1995, no. 17, ill. TOUR: ODAKYU MUSEUM, Tokyo, 9 August-27 August; IWAKI CITY ART MUSEUM, 23 September-5 November; TAKAMATSU CITY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 November-10 December.
[LAUREN ROGERS MUSEUM OF ART, Laurel, Mississippi. Installed in outdoor courtyard, summer 2001 (one year loan renewable for up to three years)].
Published References
ASHTON, DORE. "New York Report," Das Kunstwerk, 16/4 (October 1962), p. 25, ill. p. 29.
JIANOU, IONEL, and CECILE GOLDSCHEIDER. Rodin (Paris: Arted, 1967), p. 100, no. 36, ill. (erroneously catalogued as plaster and with incorrect dimensions).
ELSEN, ALBERT E. Origins of Modern Sculpture: Pioneers and Premises (New York: Braziller, 1974), p. 74, 109, no. 94, ill. p. 75.
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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
66.4337
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
33 3/4 x 18 1/4 x 12 3/4in., 104lb. (85.7 x 46.4 x 32.4cm, 47.2kg)
