Sick Boy
Object Details
Date
(1889/cast by 1927)
Medium
Beeswax over plaster, mounted on wood base
Dimensions
12 x 9 1/4 x 7in. (30.5 x 23.5 x 17.8cm) including base
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
THE JOSEPH H. HIRSHHORN BEQUEST, 1981
Accession Number
86.4049
Signature
No visible signature
Inscriptions
No visible inscriptions
The Artist* Giuseppe Chierichetti, Milan* Gino Bibi, Varese* Peridot Gallery, New York, by 1958 (to c. 1963?) Private collection Parke-Bernet, New York, sale no. 2679, 4 April 1968, lot 136 Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 4 April 1968-31 August 1981 Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986 Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981 * Information from Parke-Bernet sale catalogue
PERIDOT GALLERY, New York. "The First Exhibition in America of Sculpture by Medardo Rosso, 1858-1928," 15 December 1958-16 January 1959, no. 10, ill. (Catalog with introduction by Giorgio Nicodemi.) [MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Medardo Rosso," 2 October-23 November 1963, no. 18. (Lent by Peridot Gallery? May be wax from Winston-Malbin collection.)]
Alternate Title
Bimbo Malato
Museum
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