Reclining Woman

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Object Details

Artist
Henri Laurens, French, b. Paris, 1885–1954
Date
(1927)
Medium
Alabaster
Dimensions
6 3/8 x 12 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (16.1 x 32.4 x 9.5 cm)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.2904

The Artist, to 1927
Galerie Simon, 1927- at least 1932 (acquired from the Artist, invoice #7532)
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, by 1947- 25 September 1954 (invoice #1158) [acquired from Galerie Simon]
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 25 September 1954-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
BUCHHOLZ GALLERY, New York. "Henri Laurens: Stone, Bronze, Terracotta," 29 September-18 October 1947, no. 19.
CURT VALENTIN GALLERY, New York. "Henri Laurens," 12 May-7 June 1952, no. 6, ill.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ. "Old Master of the XX Century," 15 April-13 May 1956.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. "Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 118, ill. p. 53. Tour: MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, 10 September-11 October; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 25 October-6 December; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 December-31 January 1960; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 1-27 March; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ART, 11 April-15 May; M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM, San Francisco, 29 May-10 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, Colorado, 24 July-4 September; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 30 September-31 October.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
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, no. 23.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918-1936," 1 October 2010-9 January 2011, no. 6, color ill. p. 59. Tour: GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO, Spain, 21 February-15 May 2011.

WESTHEIM, PAUL. "Enquete sur la sculpture moderne en Allemagne et en France," Cahiers d'Art 4/4 (May 1929), ill. p. 143.
MOUSSINAC, LEON. "Henri Laurens," Art et Decoration 61 (May 1932), ill. p. 142. [as from Galerie Simon]
LIMBOUR, GEORGES. "Laurens et les sphinx," Le Point 33 (July 1946), ill. p. 19.
MARTINELLI, VALENTINO. "Modigliani et Laurens," Scritti di Storia dell'Arte in Onore di Lionello Venturi (Rome: De Luca, 1956), 2, pp. 211-12, ill. p. 209.
SAARINEN, ALINE B. The Proud Possessors (New York: Random House, 1958), ill. following p. 200.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York, Abrams, 1974), p. 711, ill. 257.
See file for further info.

Signature
Incised On Base, R Side, LR: HL
Inscriptions
Not DatedNo Inscriptions

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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