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Head of a Man

Object Details

Provenance
Private Collection, Paris
Greer Gallery, New York
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, to 12 March 1967
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 12 March 1967-6 March 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
ZABRISKIE GALLERY, New York. "Elie Nadelman," 7 February-4 March 1967, no. 3, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
WHITNEY MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, New York [organizer]. "The Sculpture and Drawings of Elie Nadelman," 23 September-30 November 1975, no. 40, ill. p. 50. Tour: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 18 December-15 February 1976.
ZABRISKIE GALLERY, New York. "Nadelman Heads," 29 April-24 May 1980, cat. no. 5.
ROYAL SCOTTISH MUSEUM, Edinburgh, Scotland (thru SITES). "Treasures of the Smithsonian," 11 August-4 November 1984.
MUSEE D'ORSAY, Paris, France. "Oublier Rodin: La Sculpture en France, 1905-1914" 9 March 2009 - 31 May 2009. TOUR: FUNDACION CULTURAL MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain, 23 June 2009 - 4 September 2009.
Published References
KIRSTEIN, LINCOLN. The Sculpture of Elie Nadelman (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1948), ill. p. 18.
GEIST, SIDNEY. Brancusi, A Study of the Sculpture (New York: Grossman, 1968), p. 35, appendix 10, ill, p. 189.
KIRSTEIN, LINCOLN. Elie Nadelman (New York: Eakins, 1973), no. 65, ill. 16.
SPEAR, ATHENA TACHA. "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Pioneers of Modern Sculpture at the Hayward," Burlington Magazine 115/847 (October 1973), p. 629.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 728, ill. 145.
SILVER, JONATHAN. "Elie Nadelman: A Single Notion of Style," Art News 174/9 (November 1975), p. 71, ill. p. 70.
MILLER, SANDA. Constantin Brancusi: A Survey of His Work (Oxford: Clarendon Press ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), no. 105, ill.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Elie Nadelman, American, b. Warsaw, Poland, 1882–1946
Date
(c. 1913)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
15 1/4 X 8 1/2 X 11 1/8 IN. (38.7 X 21.6 X 28.1 CM.) WT. 27 LB.
Type
Sculpture
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