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
- (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 73.0 X 21.6 CM.)
- See more items in
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Record ID
- hmsg_72.130
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py20dfedd3a-3e78-4074-9b7b-57d016de3d1b
