Dying Centaur
model 1869, cast 1967
Artist, American, born England, 1816 - 1879
Caster, American
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G8
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 65.4 x 65.1 x 54.6 cm (25 3/4 x 25 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1968.2.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
James Lincoln Borglum [1912-1986]; (Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); purchased 7 February 1968 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1969
In Memoriam, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, unnumbered checklist.
1974
Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 174, repro.
1980
Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 36, repro.
1981
Weidman, Jeffrey. "William Rimmer, Critical Catalogue Raisonné." 7 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1981: 1:no. 39C, 327.
1988
Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 43, repro.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 195, repro.
2000
Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 440-452, color repro.
2022
Evans, Dorinda. William Rimmer: Champion of Imagination in American Art. Cambridge, 2022: 65, 67, fig. 53 (det.),68, 144-145, 201.
Inscriptions
inscribed on top of base, between hooves: W. Rimmer; inscribed on vertical edge of base by tail: [copyright symbol] / Cast by Kennedy Galleries Inc. 1967 / #2/15
Wikidata ID
Q63854821