Object Details
- Artist
- Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Exster, Ukrainian, b. Bialystok, Poland, 1882–1949
- Date
- (1926)
- Medium
- Wood, paint, fabric, metal, plastic, nails, and wire
- Dimensions
- 21 1/2 X 10 3/4 X 7 1/2 IN. (54.5 X 27.3 X 19.0 CM.)
- Collection Object Type
- Sculpture
- Credit Line
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
- Accession Number
- 86.1787
Neehama Smuscowicz, Paris
Werner Kunze, Berlin
Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, to 24 January 1977
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 24 January 1977-31 August 1981
Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981
GALERIE DER STURM, Berlin. "Alexandra Exter--Stage Designs and Marionettes, October 1927," no. 2. Tour: Magdeburg, 1927; CLARIDGE GALLERY, London, 1928.
GALERIE QUATRE CHEMINS, Paris. "Alexandra Exter, Theater: Maquettes, Decors, Costumes," 1929-30, cat. no. 44-50.
MUSÉE DES ARTS METIERS, Prague. "Alexandra Exter, Theatre: Maquettes, Decors, Costumes," 1937, no. 102-116.
LEONARD HUTTON GALLERIES, New York. "Alexandra Exter: Marionettes," 23 October 1975-January 1976, cat. no. 2, color ill. p. 3.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Alexandra Exter," 17 April-6 July 1980, checklist no. 6.
LOZOWICK, LOUIS. "Alexandra Exter Marionettes," Theater Arts Monthly, The Marionette, Special Issue, 12/7 (July 1928), p. 515-16.
RICHARD, PAUL. "Alexandra Exter's Marionettes," Washington Post (28 May 1995), p. G3.
See file for further info.
Signature
Unsigned
Inscriptions
Not DatedNo Inscriptions
Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden