Dog

Bronze sculpture of a dog — A bronze sculpture of a dog stands on a low platform and is shown in profile facing left. The texture of the bronze is rough and craggy, resembling a petrified rock. The dog is very thin giving it the appearance of a gaunt stick-like figure. Its head is pointed downward as if sniffing the ground. The position of the dog’s legs creates a sense of movement as if the dog is meandering along.

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Object Details

Artist

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss, b. Borgonovo, 1901–1966

Provenance

Jh Purchased From Matisse Gallery, Pierre, New York 1958

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Animal in Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 17 November 1977-15 January 1978, no. 27, cover ill.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966," 15 September-13 November 1988, no. 59, ill. p. 165. TOUR: SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, 15 December 1988-5 February 1989.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Masterworks from the Hirshhorn Collection," 9 June 2016-6 August 2017, no cat.

Published References

OTTANI CAVINA, ANNA. Una panchina a Manhattan: Nuove geografie dell'arte (Milan: Adelphi, 2019), fig. 129 (color).

AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 84, p. 104.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Date

1951/cast 1957

Accession Number

66.2038

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

17 1/2 × 38 1/8 × 6 1/4 in. (44.2 × 96.8 × 15.7 cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School

Surrealism (European)/Postwar European

On View

Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2f7ee3809-8e4c-46be-a1eb-9692185af9b4

Record ID

hmsg_66.2038

Dog