June is Accordion Awareness Month. Accordions are an important component in many musical traditions in the United States and around the world. This bronze sculpture is a cubist interpretation of an accordion player by Russian-French artist Ossip Zadkine.
The Accordion Player
- Provenance
- Galerie Europe, Paris, to 15 February 1966
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 15 February-17 May 1966
- Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Exhibition History
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Variations on a Musical Theme: Selections from the Museum Collection," 22 July-5 September 1982, unpublished checklist.
- OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF ART. "Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 August 1984-9 August 1985.
- Data Source
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Artist
- Ossip Zadkine, French, b. Smolensk, Russia, 1890–1967
- Date
- 1918
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 20 1/4 X 7 1/8 X 6 3/4 IN. (51.3 X 18.0 X 17.0 CM.)
- Type
- Sculpture
