Object Details
- Provenance
- [Mme. Henri Laurens]
- Galerie Simon, Paris
- Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York [by 1938?]
- G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh
- Harold Diamond, New York, to 11 March 1966
- Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 11 March 1966-17 May 1966
- Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Exhibition History
- [BRUMMER GALLERY, New York. "Henri Laurens," 7 November 1938-7 January 1939, no. 26, as Seated Nude, wood, loaned by Pierre Matisse.]
- HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Direct Carving in Modern Sculpture: Selections from the Museum's Collection," 6 October-27 November 1983, checklist 24.
- Published References
- GUEGUEN, PIERRE. "La conjunction de la realite sensuelle et l'abstraction dans l'oeuvre de Henri Laurens," Cahiers d'Art, 7/1-2 (1932), ill. p. 56.
- GIEDION-WELCKER, CAROLA. Contemporary Sculpture, an Evolution in Volume and Space (New York: Wittenborn, 1955), ill. p. 61.
- HOFMANN, WERNER. Henri Laurens: Das Plastische Werk (Stuttgart: Gerd Hatje, 1970), no. 127, ill. pp. 17-18.
- Data Source
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Artist
- Henri Laurens, French, b. Paris, 1885–1954
- Date
- (1931)
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- 21 1/8 X 12 5/8 X 9 3/8 IN. (53.5 X 32.1 X 23.7 CM.) INCL. ARTIST'S BASE: 2 3/4 X 12 5/8 X 9 3/8 IN.
- Type
- Sculpture
