Reclining Woman Who Dreams
Date
(1929)/(cast 1959-1960)
Artist
Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, b. Borgonovo, 1901–1966
Provenance
Galerie Lawrence (Lawrence Rubin), Paris, late 1959-early 1960
Peridot Gallery, New York, to 24 January 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 24 January 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
[Possibly PERIDOT GALLERY, New York. "Paintings and Sculpture," 19 December 1960-14 January 1961.]
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Alberto Giacometti," 9 June-12 October 1965, no. 6, ill. p. 35. TOUR: ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 5 November-12 December 1965; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 11 January-20 February 1966; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 10 March-24 April.
HOPKINS CENTER ART GALLERIES, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, New
Hampshire. "Sculpture in Our Century: Selections from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 25 May-9 July 1967, no. 20, ill. p. 19.
M. KNOEDLER, New York. "Space and Dream," 5-29 December 1967.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage," 27- March-9 June 1968, catalogue by William Rubin, no. 123, p. 234. TOUR: LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 16 July-8 September 1968; ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 19 October-8 December 1968.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC. "One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Institution," 26 September 1971-31 January 1972.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART. "The Spirit of Surrealism," 3 October-25 November 1979, no. 72, ill. pp. 123, 173.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966," 15 September-13 November 1988, no. 13, p. 88, ill. p. 89. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 15 December 1988-5 February 1989.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA, Canberra. "Surrealism: Revolution By Night," 12 March-2 May 1993, colorpl. p. 42, cat. no. 101, p. 320. TOUR: QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY, South Brisbane, 21 May-11 July 1993; ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, Sydney, 30 July-19 September.
HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL ART MUSEUM, Japan. "Alberto Giacometti," 18 February-23 March 1997, no. 9, colorpl. p. 57. TOUR: SHIZUOKA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM, 11 April-25 May; ASHIKAGA MUSEUM OF ART, 7 June-21 July.
MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Canada. "Alberto Giacometti," 18 June-18 October 1998.
TATE MODERN, London. "Surrealism: Desire Unbound," 20 September 2001-1 January 2002. TOUR: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York, 6 February-12 May 2002.
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU, Paris. "Surrealism and the Object," 30 October 2013-3 March 2014.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York," 29 October 2015-15 February 2016, fig. 27, color ill. p. 38; p. 185.
Published References
GELDZAHLER, HENRY. "Taste for Modern Sculpture: The Hirshhorn Collection," Art News 61/6 (October 1962), p. 56, ill. p. 31.
READ, HERBERT. A Concise History of Modern Sculpture (New York: Praeger, 1964), p. 293, no. 140, ill. p. 144.
ADREANE, CHRISTOPHER. "Dada and the Surrealists," Christian Science Monitor 60 (27 April 1968), p. 9, ill.
BRENSON, MICHAEL. The Early Work of Alberto Giacometti 1925-1935 (Ph.D diss. Johns Hopkins University, 1974), checklist no. 53, p. 234, fig. 26.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), ill. 401, p. 288, p. 695.
WOOTEN, DICK. "Spirit of Surrealism," Cleveland Press (21 September 1979), ill.
HAMMACHER, A. M. Phantoms of the Imagination: Fantasy in Art and Literature from Blake to Dali (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1981), no. 319, p. 343.
EVANS, TAMARA, ed. Alberto Giacometti and America (New York: City University of New York, 1984), pp. 99, 104, 107.
OTTINGER, DIDIER, ed. Dictionnaire de l’objet surréaliste (Éditions Gallimard/Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2013), pp. 131-133, 309.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School
Surrealism (European)/Postwar European
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
66.2041
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze and paint
Dimensions
9 1/4 × 16 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (23.5 × 42.6 × 14.5 cm)
