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Object Details

Artist
Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Exster, Ukrainian, b. Bialystok, Poland, 1882–1949
Date
(1926)
Medium
Wood, paint, fabric, felt, ribbon, metal, thread, and plastic
Dimensions
including base: 37 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (94.2 x 23.3 x 29.8 cm); figure: 23 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (59.5 x 23.3 x 23.2 cm)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1976
Accession Number
77.23

Neehama Smuscowicz, Paris
Werner Kunze, Berlin
Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, to 15 December 1976
Gift of Leonard Hutton Galleries, 1976
GALERIE DER STURM, Berlin. "Alexandra Exter--Stage Designs and Marionettes," October 1927, no. 6. Tour: Magdeburg, 1927; CLARIDGE GALLERY, London, 1928.
GALERIE QUATRE CHEMINS, Paris. "Alexandra Exter, Theater: Maquettes, Decors, Costumes," 1929-30, cat. no. 44-50.
MUSÉE DES ARTS METIERS, Prague. "Alexandra Exter, Theatre: Maquettes, Decors, Costumes," 1937, ill. back cover.
LEONARD HUTTON GALLERIES, New York. "Alexandra Exter: Marionettes," 23 October 1975-January 1976, cat. no. 6, color ill. p. 10.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Acquisitions: 1974-1977," 25 March-24 July 1977, unnumbered checklist.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Alexandra Exter," 17 April-6 July 1980, checklist no. 1.
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PA. “Fernand Leger and the Modern City” 3 October 2013-5 January 2014.

GOLD, BARBARA. "Hirshhorn Museum Shows How It's Doing," Baltimore Sun (27 March 1977), n.p.
LAWRENCE, SIDNEY. "Hirshhorn Opens New Acquisitions Exhibition," Smithsonian Torch no. 77-4 (April 1977), p. 8.
LAWRENCE, SIDNEY. "Three Hirshhorn Acquisitions Reveal Unusual Histories," Smithsonian Torch no. 77-5 (May 1977), n.p.
WOMEN'S PROGRAM OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Women Artists: A Checklist of Works in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), ill.
REEDER, ROBERTA. "Puppets: Moving Sculpture," Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, 1875-1945 2 (Winter 1989), fig. 11, p. 123.
RICHARD, PAUL. "Alexandra Exter's Marionettes," Washington Post (28 May 1995), p. G3.
MCALLISTER, JANE, ed. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1996), ill. p. 44.
FLETCHER, VALERIE. "Alexander Exter," in Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996), p. 44, ill.

Signature
Unsigned
Inscriptions
Not DatedNo Inscription

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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