The Bow

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Object Details

Artist
Edgar Degas, French, b. Paris, 1834–1917
Date
(c. 1896-1911)/(cast 1919-1932)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
13 1/4 X 7 1/4 X 8 3/8 IN. (33.6 X 18.3 X 21.2 CM.)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.1302

Fine Arts Associates, New York
Larry Aldrich, New York, by 1959
Parke-Bernet, New York, Sale 2220, 30 October 1963, no. 7, ill. p. 7
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 30 October 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Richmond. "Paintings and Sculpture Collected by Mr. and Mrs. Larry Aldrich," 16 January-1 March 1959, cat. Tour: ATLANTA ART ASSOCIATION GALLERIES.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS, New York (organizer). "The Aldrich Collection," no. 64, ill. Tour: PHILBROOK ART CENTER, Tulsa, 1-30 October 1960; DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 15 November-15 December; DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL ART, Los Angeles, 5-31 January 1961; SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, 15 February-15 March; SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, 5-30 April; ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO, 20 May-20 June; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, 5 July-31 July; DE CORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 15 August-30 October; ALBANY INSTITUTE OF ART, New York, 15 November-17 December; ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM, Pennsylvania, 1-30 January 1962; TUSCON FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION, Arizona, 15 February-15 March; CITY ART MUSEUM, St. Louis, 1-30 April; MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS, 15 May-17 June.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, DC. (Great Hall): 1974; extended loan.
HAKONE OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, Japan. "Sculpture by Master Painters," 30 June-29 July 1979, no. 11. TOUR: UENO ROYAL MUSEUM, Tokyo, 20 April-20 May 1979 (separate catalogue; no. 7, ill.); NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART, Osaka, 25 May-24 June, 1979; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, Kamakura, 11 August-9 September, 1979; HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART, 29 September-21 October, 1979.

REWALD, JOHN. Degas: Works in Sculpture, A Complete Catalogue (New York: Pantheon, 1944): no. 53, p. 26, ill. p. 117. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
REWALD, JOHN. Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1956): no. 53, p. 153, pl. 45. (Illustration may not be HMSG's cast.)
REWALD, JOHN. Degas's complete sculpture (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1990), no. 53, pp. 144-45.
PINGEOT, ANNE. Degas Sculptures (Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1991), no. 31, pp. 167-68.
CAMPBELL, SARA. "A catalogue of Degas' bronzes," Apollo 142/402 (August 1995), no. 34, Q, pp. 27-28.

Signature
Signed On Plinth CL: Degas
Inscriptions
Stamped at back L: CIRE/ PERDUE/ AA HEBRARDIncised at back L: 34/ Q

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title
Reverence, La
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