The Golden Age (Aetas Aurea)
date: label: Date
content: (1886/probably cast c. 1946-1950)
name: label: Artist
content: Medardo Rosso, Italian, b. Turin, 1858–1928
notes: label: Provenance
content: Francesco Rosso (son of the Artist), by 1950
label: Provenance
content: Clotilde (Tilde) Longoni Rosso (wife of Francesco), to 1961
label: Provenance
content: Peridot Gallery, New York, to 5 June 1961 (through agent Anita de Cristofaro in Milan)
label: Provenance
content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 5 June 1961-17 May 1966
label: Provenance
content: Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
label: Exhibition History
content: [PERIDOT GALLERY, New York. "The First Exhibition in America of
label: Exhibition History
content: Sculpture by Medardo Rosso, 1858-1928," 15 December 1958-16 January 1959, no. 3. (Catalog with introduction by Giorgio Nicodemi.)]
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. 406.
label: Exhibition History
content: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York. "Medardo Rosso," 2 October-23 November 1963, no. 8. (Book by Margaret Scolari Barr.)
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, pp. 61, 742, ill. 95.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Images of Children," 17 August-4 November 1979, no cat.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Art From Italy: A Selection from the Museum's Collection," 31 January-8 April 1984, checklist no. 38.
label: Published References
content: KRAMER, HILTON. "Medardo Rosso," Arts Magazine 34 (December 1959), p. 32, ill.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. "Italy's Sculptor of Impressionism," Time 82 (11 October
label: Published References
content: 1963), colorplate p. 18.
label: Published References
content: TILLIM, SIDNEY. "Month in Review," Arts Magazine 38 (November 1963),
label: Published References
content: p. 29.
label: Published References
content: SELTZ, JEAN. Modern Sculpture: Origins and Evolution (New York:
label: Published References
content: George Braziller, 1963), plate 5.
label: Published References
content: MEHLINGER, HOWARD, and JOHN THOMPSON (eds.) "The Teaching of World History," Social Education 39 (October 1975), cover ill.
label: Published References
content: COURTHION, PIERRE. "Le plus grand musee de sculpture du monde:
label: Published References
content: La collection Hirshhorn," XXe Siecle 45 (December 1975), p. 32.
label: Published References
content: PARK, EDWARDS. Treasures of the Smithsonian (Washington, DC:
label: Published References
content: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983), p. 160, ill. p. 162.
label: Published References
content: ZACHAROPOULOS, DENYS. "Liberations," Art Forum (March 1986), p. 82, ill. 81.
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content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
label: School
content: Symbolism
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: 66.4407
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Beeswax over plaster
label: Dimensions
content: 20 11/16 x 19 5/16 x 11 1/4 in. (52.4 x 49 x 28.3 cm) (with base) BASE: 2 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (6 x 28.6 x 17.8cm)