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Object Details

Provenance
Roberta Gonzalez, Paris
Kleemann Galleries, New York, to 23 October 1958
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 23 October 1958-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
KLEEMANN GALLERIES, New York. Julio Gonzalez, 12 March-7 April 1956, no. 8, ill.
[DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS. Sculpture in Our Time: Collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 5 May-23 August 1959, no. 95. TOUR: MILWAUKEE ART CENTER, 10 September-11 October; WALKER ART CENTER, Minneapolis, 25 October-6 December; WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON GALLERY OF ART, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 December-31 January 1960; MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, 1-27 March; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SCIENCE AND ART, 11 April-15 May; M. H. DE YOUNG MEMORIAL MUSEUM, San Francisco, 29 May-10 July; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ARTS CENTER, 24 July-4 September; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 30 September-31 October.]
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection, 3 October 1962-6 January 1963, no. 189, ill. p. 98.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, fig. 413, p. 297, p. 696.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa, Ontario. "The 1930's: The Making of "The New Man" 5 June 2008 - 7 September 2008.
Published References
ASHTON, DORE. "New York Letter," Das Kunstwerk 16 (October 1962), p. 26.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), fig. 413, p. 297, p. 696.
MERKERT, JÖRN. Julio González (Milan: Electa, 1987), no. 235, p. 269, ill. p. 270.
VAN UITERT, EVERT. "Woordeloos geschreeuw, onhoorbaar gezucht," Kunstschrift no. 6 (November/December 1990), ill. p. 43.
COLLISCHAN, JUDY. Welded Sculpture of the Twentieth Century (New York: Hudson Hills in association with Neuberger Museum of Art, New York, 2000), fig. 16, p. 17.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Date
(c. 1938-1939/cast by 1955)
Accession Number
66.2108
Artist
Julio González, Spanish, b. Barcelona, 1876–1942
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
19 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. (48.6 x 14.8 x 15.9 cm) incl. base, height 8 in. (20.3 cm)
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School
Spanish Modernism
On View
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), 2nd Floor
Record ID
hmsg_66.2108
Usage
Not determined
GUID
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