The Burghers of Calais
date: label: Date
content: 1884-1889/cast 1953-1959
name: label: Artist
content: Auguste Rodin, French, b. Paris, 1840–1917
notes: label: Provenance
content: Musée Rodin, Paris and Meudon, 1953-1962
label: Provenance
content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (via Otto Gerson Gallery, New York, and Gérard Cramer, Geneva), 31 March 1962-17 May 1966*
label: Provenance
content: Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
label: Provenance
content: *rev. by VJF, 25 October 1995.
label: Exhibition History
content: PALAIS DE LA MEDITERRANÉE, Nice. "Sculptures de Rodin," December 1961-January 1962, no. 1, ill.
label: Exhibition History
content: SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection," 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 391, ill. pp. 19-21.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975.
label: Exhibition History
content: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Rodin Rediscovered," 28 June-10 September 1981.
label: Published References
content: ****Main List*****
label: Published References
content: ARNASON, H. H. The History of Modern Art (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall; 1968), no. 82, ill. p. 63.
label: Published References
content: BRITSCH, RALPH A., and TODD A. BRITSCH. The Arts in Western Culture (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, c. 1983), fig. 14-9, p. 335.
label: Published References
content: PARK, EDWARDS. Treasures from the Smithsonian (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983), ill.
label: Published References
content: CARPENTER, JAMES M. Visual Art: A Critical Introduction (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984), p. 233-34, ill. 15-14.
label: Published References
content: COMMUNITY COMMITTEE OF THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Invitation to the "Fifth Annual Beaux Arts Masked Ball" (Vero Beach, Florida, 1984), n. p.
label: Published References
content: FORGEY, BENJAMIN. "The Hirshhorn: Dawn of a New Decade," Washington Post (7 October 1984), p. L1.
label: Published References
content: HOROWITZ, FREDERICK A. More Than You See: A Guide to Art (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984), pp. 18, 19-22, 145-46, 226, fig. 3-8.
label: Published References
content: McCARTER, WILLIAM, and RITA GILBERT. Living with Art (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984), fig. 357, p. 278.
label: Published References
content: SPORRE, DENNIS J. The Arts (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1984), pp. 192-93, fig. 5.14.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "Museum Notes," The Washington Gallery (Summer 1984), ill. p. 25.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "Art Masterpieces in Washington Museums," Show Case of the Arts (Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Spring 1985), ill. p. 7.
label: Published References
content: SPORRE, DENNIS J. The Creative Impulse: An Introduction to the Arts (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987), ill. 12.25, p. 387.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. The Golden Book Encyclopedia (New York: Macmillan, 1988), p. 6, ill.
label: Published References
content: DOLAINSKI, STEPHEN, ed. Guest Informant (New York: Guest Informant, 1989), p. 109.
label: Published References
content: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Washington DC: A Traveler's Guide (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1989), ill. p. 71.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. Distinguished Lecturers on Art and Culture calendar (Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1989), ill.
label: Published References
content: WOLF, THOMAS H. "The Object at Hand," Smithsonian 21 (August 1990), pp. 16, 18, ill. p. 18.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. Reader's Newsletter 2 (October 1990), ill. p. 5.
label: Published References
content: SPORRE, DENNIS J. Reality through the Art (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1991), no. 2.3, ill. p. 50.
label: Published References
content: WHEELER, DANIEL. Art Since Mid-Century: 1945 to the Present (New York: Vendome Press, 1991), p. 15, fig. 17.
label: Published References
content: NEMETT, BARRY. Images Objects and Ideas: Viewing the Visual Arts (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1992), no. 244, ill. p. 187.
label: Published References
content: SPORRE, DENNIS J. The Creative Impulse: An Introduction to the Arts, third ed. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1992), no. 13.27, ill. p. 405.
label: Published References
content: CELANT, GERMANO, DIETER KOEPPLIN, and MARK ROSENTHAL. Claes Oldenburg: An Anthology (New York: Guggenheim Museum; Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995), ill. p. 259.
label: Published References
content: FICHNER-RATHUS, LOIS. Understanding Art, fourth ed. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995), no. 15-39, colorpl. p. 413.
label: Published References
content: GILBERT, RITA. Living with Art, fourth ed. (New York: Mcgrow-Hill, 1995), colorpl. 325, p. 279.
label: Published References
content: REESE, NICHOLAS. Washington (London: Studio Editions, 1995), ill. p. 41.
label: Published References
content: MCALLISTER, JANE, ed. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: 150 Works of Art (Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1996), ill. p. 12.
label: Published References
content: MYER, PETER LIVINGSTON. Art: Do it!: A Handbook for Artists (Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt, 1996), ill. p. 150.
label: Published References
content: TANSEY, RICHARD G. and FRED S . KLEINER. Gardener's Art through the Ages, tenth ed. (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1996), fig. 26-92, p. 1012.
label: Published References
content: PATERSON, JIM. "Stop and See Sculpture," Washington Post, Weekend (15 August 1997), ill.
label: Published References
content: FLETCHER, VALERIE J. A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, D.C. : Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998), figs. 17 and 18, p. 22, figs. 23-25, p. 27, fig. 34, p. 36, fig. 35, p. 37, no. 2, ill. p. 38-39.
label: Published References
content: ****Secondary List*****
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. The Hammond Times (Indiana, 30 September 1962), ill. p. 25.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. Newsday (3 October 1962).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. The Sculpture Gardens of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Hirshhorn (Sarah Lawrence College, art tour brochure, 3 October 1967), cover ill.
label: Published References
content: FOGG, SUSAN. "Hirshhorn Museum Slated to Open Friday," Advance (Staten Island, New York, 2 October 1974) (also as "Controversial Art Museum," News-American, Baltimore, 6 October 1974).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED (U.P.I.). "Washington Museum Opens," Advertiser (Honolulu, 2 October 1974).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED (U.P.I.). "Controversial D. C. Museum Opens," The News (Mexico City, 3 October 1974).
label: Published References
content: POLAKOFF, JOSEPH. "Honors for Latvian Immigrant," Texas Jewish Post (3 October 1974) (also with other titles in: Jewish Times, Baltimore 4 October; Jewish Advocate, Boston, 10 October; Jewish Herald Voice, Houston, 21 November).
label: Published References
content: GENAUER, EMILY. "A $100,000,000 Collection with Uneven Value," Newsday (Long Island, New York, 4 October 1974).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "Smithsonian's New Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," Mademoiselle (October 1974).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "New Home of the Arts," Times-Picayune (New Orleans, 10 October 1974).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "From Joe Hirshhorn's Front Yard Comes a Magnificent New Museum," People Magazine (14 October 1974), ill. pp. 24-25.
label: Published References
content: DEAR, CYRENE. "D.C. Current Museum a 'Must' in Washington," The Gleaner (Henderson, Kentucky, 20 October 1974) (also in Advace, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 20 October).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "... The Hirshhorn," Progress Index (Petersburg, Virginia, 20 October 1974), fig. 1.
label: Published References
content: WITTENBERG, CLARISSA. "Washington's First Look at the Hirshhorn Museum," D.C. Gazette 5/9 (October 1974), p. 10.
label: Published References
content: BARKER, WALTER. "Music / Arts: Rich Content Redeems the Hirshhorn's Garden," Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri, 17 November 1974).
label: Published References
content: GILBERT, PAUL. "Art Talk," The Aegis (Bel Air, Maryland, 28 November 1974).
label: Published References
content: GRAST, BRADLEY. "Art Topics," Philadelphia College of Art, n.d. (late 1974).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "Review," Architecture Plus (December 1974).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "Art Transplant," The Guardian (2 December 1974).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "The Hirshhorn: Our Newest National Treasure," Today, no. 4 (1974), colorpl. p. 10.
label: Published References
content: LATTER, RUTH. "Hirshhorn Gathers Modern Treasures," Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia, 5 January 1975), ill.
label: Published References
content: BERNTON, CAROL. "Museum Ranges from Sublime...," Indianapolis News (25 January 1975), ill.
label: Published References
content: PACK, PHYLLIS. "Washington's Newest Gallery...," Tribune-Review (Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 10 February 1975).
label: Published References
content: RUDIKOFF, SONYA. "Visiting the Hirshhorn," Commentary 59/2 (February 1975), p. 64.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "Capital's Museums Rival New York's," New York Motorist (March 1975).
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. Key West Citizen (Florida, 9 March 1975).
label: Published References
content: SUTER, LOLA. "New Hirshhorn Houses Rich Collections," Enterprise-Record (Chico, California, 18 March 1975), ill.
label: Published References
content: GOLDENTHAL, JOLENE. "Art: Sharing Hirshhorn's Dream," Hartford Courant (Connecticut, 30 March 1975).
label: Published References
content: KLEIN, JERRY. "The Hirshhorn....," Journal Star (Peoria, Illinois, 27 April 1975), pp. D-10, 11.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," Pastimes, Eastern Airlines Shuttle edition 3/10 (October 1975).
label: Published References
content: AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 4, p. 33.
label: Published References
content: See file for further info.
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content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66.4340
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: 79 3/8 × 80 7/8 × 77 1/8 in., 6000 lb. (201.6 × 205.4 × 195.9 cm, 2721.6 kg)