Rising Sun
model by 1915, cast by 1946
Sculptor, American, born Germany, 1870 - 1952
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 144.78 × 135.89 × 43.18 cm (57 × 53 1/2 × 17 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3801
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; acquired 1968 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[1] acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] See correspondence in NGA curatorial files concerning the Corcoran's acquisition of this sculpture and the artist's Descending Night (NGA 2015.19.3800).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1946
Small Bronzes by American Sculptors, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1946 (continuing exhibition that opened 8 February 1930).
1979
The American Renaissance 1876-1917, Brooklyn Museum; National Collection of Fine Arts (now Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; Denver Art Museum, 13 October 1979 - 30 November 1980, no. 271, repro.
Bibliography
1940
Jackman, Rilla Evelyn. American Arts. New York, 1940: 428.
Inscriptions
on back of the base: © A. A. WEINMAN.FECIT; on back of base, bottom: AMER. ART FDRY N.Y.
Markings
FM: American Art Foundry
Wikidata ID
Q63863380