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Elie Nadelman

Fawn (Le Jeune Cerf), model date unknown, cast by c. 1916-1917

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall without base: 46.99 × 43.18 × 24.13 cm (18 1/2 × 17 × 9 1/2 in.)
overall with base: 50.8 × 51.75 × 29.21 cm (20 × 20 3/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mildred (Mrs. John B.) Hayward)

Accession Number

2014.136.261

Artists / Makers

Elie Nadelman (sculptor) American, born Poland, 1882 - 1946

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Provenance

Probably (Scott and Fowles, New York), in 1917; Mary Mitchell Blair [d. 1940, Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair), Chicago, by March 1917; her son and daughter-in-law, Chauncey B. and Mildred Marshall Blair [married 1912, divorced 1930]; Mildred Marshall Blair Hayward [married 1932 to John Balcom Hayward]; gift 1965 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Hayward, John B. Mrs.

Exhibition History

1917: Possibly Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Elie Nadelman, Scott and Fowles, New York, February 1917, no. 6.

1917: Probably loan for display with permanent collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 16 March 1917 - 9 May 1923.

1966: Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 15 September 1966, unpublished checklist.

1976: American Genius: William Wilson Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 24 January - 4 April 1976, unpublished checklist.

2003: Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 3 April - 20 July 2003, fig. 98.

2009: American Bronzes from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 29 April 2009 - 2013, no catalogue.

2013: American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1917: Bargelt, Louise James. "Art." Chicago Daily Tribune (May 27, 1917): C6.

1917: Birnbaum, Martin. "Elie Nadelmam: An Introduction." In Catalogue of an Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Elie Nadelman. Exh. cat. Scott and Fowles, New York, 1917: 7, 11, 13, repro.

1917: Griswold, Stewart. "The Field of Art in New York." The Spur 19 (February 15, 1917): 23, repro.

1917: McBride, Henry. "New and Comment in the World of Art." New York Sun (February 4, 1917): sec. 5, 12.

1917: "Random Impressions of Current Exhibitions." New York Tribune (February 4, 1917): sec. 3, 3.

1917: "Sculpture by Nadelman." American Art News 15, no. 17 (February 3, 1917): 3.

1917: "Sculpture by Nadelman at Scott and Fowles." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (February 4, 1917): sec. 3, 7.

1925: Birnbaum, Martin. "Elie Nadelman: Sculptor." The Menorah Journal 11, no. 5 (October 1925): 488.

1966: "Annual Report of the One Hundred and Seventh Year." The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin 16, no. 1 (September 1966): cover, repro.

1995: Kirstein, Lincoln. Elie Nadelman. New York, 1995: 200, 305, no. 185, plate 57, repro.

2003: Haskell, Barbara. Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life. Exh. cat. Whitney Museum of Art, New York, 2003: 85, 87, fig. 98, repro.