Island Of The Night, An (Une Ile De La Nuit)

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Object Details

Artist
Jean Chauvin, French, b. Rochefort–sur–Mer, 1889–1976
Date
1932
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
22 x 7 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (56 x 19.6 x 20 cm) on artist's base
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.890

The Artist
Galerie de l'Elysee, Paris, to 2 September 1961 (acquired from the Artist)
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 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, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, ill. 446, pp. 320, 673.

ZERVOS, CHRISTIAN. Chauvin (Paris: Editions Cahiers d'Art, 1960), no. 15, pl. p. 31.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 673, no. 446.

Signature
Incised On Right Side Of Figure LR: Chauvin MCMXXXII
Inscriptions
No Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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