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Hirshhorn

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Object Details

Artist

Ewald Mataré, German, b. Aachen, 1887–1965

Provenance

Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, to 5 November 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 5 November 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

MUSEUM OF ART, CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, Pittsburgh. "The 1964 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture," 30 October 1964-10 January 1965.
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. 44.

Published References

None recorded

Credit Line

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

Date

1963

Accession Number

66.3441

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Bronze with glazed ceramic inlay

Dimensions

29 5/8 x 12 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (75.2 x 31.1 x 27cm)

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2823189cf-f02b-496a-8183-31e6aaaff504

Record ID

hmsg_66.3441

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