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Object Details

Artist
Jean Chauvin, French, b. Rochefort–sur–Mer, 1889–1976
Date
(1928)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
18 x 4 x 4 3/8 in. (45.7 x 10.2 x 11.1 cm) on base
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.891

The Artist
Galerie de L'Elysee, Paris, by 1960-2 September 1961 [acquired from the Artist?]
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 2 September 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
GALERIE DE L'ELYSEE, Paris. "Jean Chauvin," 1960.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. "Direct Carving in Modern Sculpture: Selections from the Museum's Collection," 6 October-27 November 1983, no. 3.

ZERVOS, CHRISTIAN. Chauvin (Paris: Editions Cahiers d'Art, 1960), no. 11, pl. p. 27.

Signature
Incised On L Side Of Base UR: Chauvin
Inscriptions
Not DatedNo Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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