The Bookie (Man at the Racetrack)

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Object Details

Artist
Medardo Rosso, Italian, b. Turin, 1858–1928
Date
(1894/cast after 1927-by early 1940s)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
17 1/8 x 13 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (43.5 x 34.3 x 35.2 cm)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.4404

Francesco Rosso (Artist's son), Milan, by late 1941
Giovanni De Rossi, Milan, (gift from Francesco Rosso), late 1941-2 November 1960
Peridot Gallery, New York, 2-14 November 1960 (purchased from De Rossi through an agent, Anita Gemito)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 14 November 1960-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 408, ill. p. 31.
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, Maryland. "Twentieth Century Italian Art," 25 October -27 November 1966.
HAYWARD GALLERY, London. "Pioneers of Modern Sculpture," 20 July-23 September 1973, no. 186, ill. p. 44 (organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain).
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, pp. 68, 742, ill. 98, p. 77.
FOGG ART MUSEUM, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. "Medardo Rosso," July 19-October 26, 2003; tour to Pulitzer Museum, St Louis, November 21, 2003-February 15, 2004, and Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, March-June 2004.
JANE VORHEES ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM, New Brunswick, NJ. "Breaking the Mold: Sculpture in Paris from Daumier to Degas," 23 October 2005-12 March 2006, fig. 163, pp. 76-77.

KUH, KATHARINE. "Great Sculpture," Saturday Review 45 (23 June 1962), p. 18.
GELDZAHLER, HENRY. "Taste for Modern Sculpture: The Hirshhorn Collection," Art News 61 (October 1962), ill. p. 29.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), pp. 68, 742, fig. 98 p. 77.
DE SANNA, JOLE. Medardo Rosso: La Creazione dello Spazio Moderno (Milano: Mursia, 1985), p. 129.
See file for further info.

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title
The Bookmaker (L'Uomo Alle Corse)
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