Child in the Soup Kitchen
Date
(1893/cast c. 1943-1944)
Artist
Medardo Rosso, Italian, b. Turin, 1858–1928
Provenance
Francesco Rosso (son of the Artist), c. 1928-1946
E. Pastorio, Milan, 1946-1960
Sr. Grosetti, by 10 March 1960-c. January 1962
Peridot Gallery, New York, to 1 February 1962
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1 February 1962-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
MADRID (see affidavit from E. Pastorio).
GALLERIA SAN SPIRITO, Milan. "Medardo Rosso, 1946" (acquired there by E. Pastorio).
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Medardo Rosso," 2 October-23 November 1963, p. 38, ill. p. 39 (book by Margaret Scolari Barr).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, ill. 97, p. 742.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Ways of Seeing: John Baldessari Explores the Collection," 26 July 2006-23 September 2007, no cat.
Published References
BORGHI, MINO. Medardo Rosso (Milan: Edizioni del Milione, 1950), p. 67, ill. 35.
RUBIN, WILLIAM S. "The Hirshhorn Collection at the Guggenheim," Art International 6 (November 1962), p. 35.
BARR, MARGARET SCOLARI. Medardo Rosso (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1963), p. 38, ill. p. 39.
UNSIGNED. "Medardo Rosso at the Modern," Arts Magazine 38 (October 1963), p. 44, ill.
HESS, THOMAS B. [T.B.H.] "Reviews and Previews: Medardo Rosso," Art News 62 (November 1963), p. 14.
KOZLOFF, MAX. Jasper Johns (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1966), pl. 74.
ELLEGOOD, ANNE and JOANNA BURTON. The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas: Recent Sculpture (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 2006), ill. p. 89; p. 90.
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School
Symbolism
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
66.4410
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Beeswax over plaster
Dimensions
19 7/8 x 19 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (50.5 x 48.9 x 18.1 cm) BASE: 2 3/16 x 17 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (5.6 x 44.5 x 14.9 cm)
