Object Details
Artist
Jean-Léon Gérôme, French, b. Vesoul, 1824–1904
Provenance
Grant Barney Schley, New York and Far Hills, New Jersey, purchased in Paris at turn of 20th Century
Mrs. Max Howell Behr, New York and Far Hills, New Jersey (daughter of Mr. Schley)
Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, Sanborn, Cannes, 1968 (Mrs. Griffin: daughter of Mrs. Max Howell Behr)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1968-6 March 1972
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
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. 26.
ARNOT ART MUSEUM, Elmira, New York. "Bronze Animaliers," 5 October-30 November 1985.
Published References
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 694, ill. 46.
HUDSON, ANDREW. "Washington Letter," Art international 14/6 (15 June 1975), p. 100.
ACKERMAN, GERALD. "Gerome's Sculptures: the Problems of Realist Sculpture," Arts Magazine (February 1986), p. 83 (cites HMSG cast--according to VJF, 16 July 1996, see memo in provenance file).
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1972
Date
(1883/cast c. 1895-1910)
Accession Number
72.130
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
25 3/8 x 28 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (64.4 x 73 x 21.6 cm)
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Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Record ID
hmsg_72.130