Alexandre Dumas, the Younger
date: label: Date
content: 1873
name: label: Artist
content: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French, b. Valenciennes, 1827–1875
notes: label: Provenance
content: The Artist, Paris, late 1873-1874
label: Provenance
content: [Hotel Drouot, Paris, sale "Terre cuites, bronzes, marbres de Carpeaux," 28 December 1874, no. 77 (H. 85 cm)]
label: Provenance
content: Feuillard, Paris
label: Provenance
content: Mallett at Bourdon House, London, by May 1965
label: Provenance
content: Wildenstein, New York, by December 1965-14 January 1966
label: Provenance
content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 14 January-17 May 1966
label: Provenance
content: Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
label: Exhibition History
content: MALLETT AT BOURDON HOUSE, London. "Sculptures and Sketches by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux," 24 May-12 June 1965, no. 25.
label: Exhibition History
content: WILDENSTEIN, New York, "Carpeaux," 7 December 1965-15 January 1966, no. 28.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 41.
label: Exhibition History
content: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. "Rodin Rediscovered," 28 June 1981-31 January 1982.
label: Exhibition History
content: STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE, Williamstown, Massachusetts. "A Romance with Realism: The Art of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux," 6 May-27 August 1989, cat. by Jennifer Gordon Lovett, pp. 41-42, ill. no. 35, p. 41. TOUR: BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART, Brunswick, Maine, 12 October-17 December 1989.
label: Published References
content: ROSTROP, H. A Guide to the Department of Modern Works of Art (Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, 1927; revised ed., 1936), p. 71, no. 595 (entry on their plaster refers to the bronze).
label: Published References
content: T. H. "Carpeaux: A Master of the Second Empire," Apollo 81/40 (June 1965), no. 1, ill. p. 490.
label: Published References
content: PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, New York. "19th Century Works of Art," sale catalogue (16 October 1970), p. 64 (essay of lot. 94 refers to the bronze).
label: Published References
content: LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), pp. 38, 672, ill. no. 41, p. 39.
label: Published References
content: UNSIGNED. Catalogue Sommaire des Sculptures du Musee d'Orsay (Paris, 1986), p. 74 (entry on plaster #RF 1054 refers to the bronze, citing HMSG).
label: Published References
content: REESE, NICHOLAS. Washington (London: Studio Editions, 1995), ill. p. 40.
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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: 66.831
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: 31 3/8 x 23 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (79.7 x 58.7 x 40.1 cm)