Mask of a Smiling Harlequin (4th Version)

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Object Details

Artist
Pablo Gargallo, Spanish, b. Maella, 1881–1934
Date
(1927)
Medium
Bronze, metal, and silvered metal
Dimensions
14 3/8 X 13 1/8 X 6 IN. (36.6 X 33.2 X 15.3 CM.) INCL. MARBLE BASE: 7 3/4 X 3 7/8 X 4 IN. (19.7 X 9.8 X 10.0 CM.)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture/relief
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.1988

Otto Gerson Gallery to 4 November 1961
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 4 November 1961-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 162, ill. p. 96.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Ibero-American Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 8 October-15 November 1981, unpublished checklist no. 4.
OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF ART, Oklahoma City. "Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 August 1984-9 August 1985.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Relief Sculpture: Selections from the Museum's Collection," 26 January-13 April 1986, no cat; checklist no. 26.
J. B. SPEED ART MUSEUM, Louisville, Kentucky. "Comedy and Tragedy in the Itallian Tradition," 10 September-5 November 1990.

COURTHION, PIERRE. L'Oeuvre Complet de Pablo Gargallo (Paris: XXe Siecle, 1973), no. 105, ill. p. 149.

Signature
Unsigned
Inscriptions
Incised On Back CL: (3 Illegible Marks)

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Alternate Title
Pierrot
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