Object Details
- Provenance
- Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris, 1969-late 1978
- Perls Gallery, New York, by November 1978-February 1979
- Museum purchase with funds provided under the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisitions Program, 1979
- Exhibition History
- SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Aristide Maillol 1861-1944," 1975-21 March 1976, no. 52, ill. p. 66.
- STAATLICHE KUNSTHALLE, Baden-Baden, Germany. "Maillol," 17 June-3 September 1978, no. 31 (illustration of different cast).
- Published References
- REWALD, JOHN. Maillol (Paris: Editions Hypérion, 1939), no. 78, ill.
- KRAMER, HILTON. "The Cold Monotony of Maillol's Nudes," The New York Times (11 January 1976), p. D 31.
- HOBHOUSE, JANET. "Reverence and Eroticism," Art News 75 (March 1976), p. 38, ill. p. 37.
- FORGEY, BENJAMIN. "Hirshhorn Acquisition of Maillol Bronze is a Tribute to a Patriot," Washington Star (15 June 1979).
- RICHARD, PAUL. "`Action' at the Hirshhorn," Washington Post (June 1979), p. C 13, ill.
- UNSIGNED. "Maillol Sculpture Acquired by Hirshhorn Museum," New York Times (25 June 1979), p. C 17.
- UNSIGNED. Smithsonian Torch no. 79-7 (July 1979), p. 1, ill.
- UNSIGNED. "A Maillol for the Hirshhorn," Artnewsletter 5 (18 September 1979), pp. 2-3.
- UNSIGNED. "La Chronique des Arts: Principales Acquisitions des Musées en 1979," Gazette des Beaux Arts no. 1334 (March 1980), p. 46, no. 237.
- UNSIGNED. "Miró and Lachaise Join the Hirshhorn," Artnewsletter 6 (3 February 1981), pp. 7-8.
- PARK, EDWARDS. Treasures from the Smithsonian (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983), ill.
- ALLEN, JANE ADDAMS. "Hirshhorn purchases: Bargains on display," Washington Times (16 September 1983).
- RICHARDSON, DAN, and MARGIE RICHARDSON. Journal of the Center for the Arts (Vero Beach, Florida) 1984, n.p., illustrations.
- RISATTI, HOWARD. "Conservative collecting at the Hirshhorn: Seventies Bypassed," New Art Examiner (February 1984), p. 31.
- FLETCHER, VALERIE. A Garden for Art (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Association with Thames and Hudson, 1998): fig. 23, p. 26, no. 6, p. 43, ill.
- Data Source
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Artist
- Aristide Maillol, French, b. Banyuls-sur-Mer, 1861–1944
- Date
- (1905-1906/cast 1969)
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum purchase with funds provided under the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisitions Progam, 1979
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- 84 1/4 X 37 1/4 X 40 1/4 IN. (213.9 X 94.3 X 102.1 CM.)
- Type
- Sculpture
