Welsh artist Barry Flanagan is known for his dynamic bronze sculptures of animals. In this 1996 sculpture, an anthropomorphic hare is represented in a dynamic pose walking or dancing while beating a hand drum with a stick.
The Drummer
- Exhibition History
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996," 4 June-7 September 1997, no. 46, color ill. p. 37.
- Data Source
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Artist
- Barry Flanagan, British, b. Prestatyn, Wales, 1941–2009
- Date
- (1989-1990)
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest and Purchase Funds, 1995
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 96 × 68 × 36 in. (243.8 × 172.7 × 91.4 cm)
- Type
- Sculpture
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