Third Architectural Model for "The Gates of Hell"
date: label: Date
content: (1880)/(cast 1926)
name: label: Artist
content: Auguste Rodin, French, b. Paris, 1840–1917
notes: label: Provenance
content: Musée Rodin, Paris, 1926
label: Provenance
content: Sir Edmund Davis, Chilham Castle, Kent, England, 1926-21 February 1939
label: Provenance
content: Lady Davis, Chilham Castle, 21 February 1939-27 March 1942
label: Provenance
content: Christie, Manson & Woods, London, Sale, 27 March 1942, lot 134
label: Provenance
content: Arcade Gallery, London, 27 March 1942-c. 1948
label: Provenance
content: H.J. Laufer, London, c. 1948-30 March 1957
label: Provenance
content: Philip Granville, London, 30 March 1957
label: Provenance
content: Peridot Gallery, New York, 30 March 1957-19 May 1966
label: Provenance
content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 19 May 1966-25 September 1974
label: Provenance
content: Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1974
label: Exhibition History
content: PERIDOT GALLERY, New York. "Sculpture and Drawings," 23 December 1957-11 January 1958, ill.
label: Exhibition History
content: PERIDOT GALLERY, New York. "Painting and Sculpture," June 1960, no cat.
label: Exhibition History
content: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Rodin," 29 April-10 September 1963, no. 28. TOUR: CALIFORNIA PALACE OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, San Francisco, 19 October-8 December, no. 34.
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 1981-2 May 1982.
label: Exhibition History
content: 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. 6, ill. p. 2.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Speculative Forms," 16 June 2014-24 April 2016, no cat.
label: Published References
content: BURROWS, CARLYLE. "Art: Events on Hand for Holiday Season," New York Herald Tribune (29 December 1957), sec. 6, p. 9.
label: Published References
content: MUNSTERBERG, HUGO. "In the Galleries: European Drawings and Sculpture," Arts 32 (December 1957), p. 52, ill.
label: Published References
content: PRESTON, STUART. "The State Department Builds Abroad," New York Times (29 December 1957), sec. 2, p. 9.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "1960--The Aftermath of a Revolution in Art," New York Times (5 June 1960), sec. 2, p. 16.
label: Published References
content: ELSEN, ALBERT E. Rodin (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1963), p. 37, ill. p. 39.
label: Published References
content: JIANOU, IONEL, and CECILE GOLDSCHEIDER. Rodin (Paris: Arted, 1969), p. 87.
label: Published References
content: LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), pp. 51, 740, ill. 86.
label: Published References
content: TANCOCK, JOHN. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin (Philadelphia: Museum of Art, 1976), no. 2, see other casts, p. 110.
label: Published References
content: KESSLER, PAM. "Museums and Galleries: Risk, Romance in 'Relief'," Washington Post (31 January 1986), weekend section, p. 37.
label: Published References
content: RICHARD, PAUL. "A Matter of Great Relief," Washington Post (3 February 1986), p. B4, ill.
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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, 1974
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74.168
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture/relief
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Tinted plaster
label: Dimensions
content: 39 1/2 X 25 X 7 1/4 IN. (100.3 X 63.5 X 18.4 CM.)