Fawn (Le Jeune Cerf)
model date unknown, cast by c. 1916-1917
Sculptor, American, born Poland, 1882 - 1946
Elie Nadelman
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mildred (Mrs. John B.) Hayward)
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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.) -
Accession Number
2014.136.261
Artwork history & notes
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
Exhibition History
1917
Possibly Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Elie Nadelman, Scott and Fowles, New York, February 1917, no. 6.
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Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 15 September 1966, unpublished checklist.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American Genius: William Wilson Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 24 January - 4 April 1976, unpublished checklist.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American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.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
McBride, Henry. "New and Comment in the World of Art." New York Sun (February 4, 1917): sec. 5, 12.
"Random Impressions of Current Exhibitions." New York Tribune (February 4, 1917): sec. 3, 3.
"Sculpture by Nadelman at Scott and Fowles." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (February 4, 1917): sec. 3, 7.
Griswold, Stewart. "The Field of Art in New York." The Spur 19 (February 15, 1917): 23, repro.
"Sculpture by Nadelman." American Art News 15, no. 17 (February 3, 1917): 3.
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.
Bargelt, Louise James. "Art." Chicago Daily Tribune (May 27, 1917): C6.
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.
Wikidata ID
Q63863901