Crouching Woman

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Object Details

Artist
Henri Laurens, French, b. Paris, 1885–1954
Date
(1931)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
21 1/8 X 12 5/8 X 9 3/8 IN. (53.5 X 32.1 X 23.7 CM.) INCL. ARTIST'S BASE: 2 3/4 X 12 5/8 X 9 3/8 IN.
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.2912

[Mme. Henri Laurens]
Galerie Simon, Paris
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York [by 1938?]
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh
Harold Diamond, New York, to 11 March 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 11 March 1966-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
[BRUMMER GALLERY, New York. "Henri Laurens," 7 November 1938-7 January 1939, no. 26, as Seated Nude, wood, loaned by Pierre Matisse.]
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Direct Carving in Modern Sculpture: Selections from the Museum's Collection," 6 October-27 November 1983, checklist 24.

GUEGUEN, PIERRE. "La conjunction de la realite sensuelle et l'abstraction dans l'oeuvre de Henri Laurens," Cahiers d'Art, 7/1-2 (1932), ill. p. 56.
GIEDION-WELCKER, CAROLA. Contemporary Sculpture, an Evolution in Volume and Space (New York: Wittenborn, 1955), ill. p. 61.
HOFMANN, WERNER. Henri Laurens: Das Plastische Werk (Stuttgart: Gerd Hatje, 1970), no. 127, ill. pp. 17-18.

Signature
No Visible Signature
Inscriptions
No Visible DateNo Visible Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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