Descending Night

model by 1915, cast 1916

Adolph Alexander Weinman

Sculptor, American, born Germany, 1870 - 1952

Artwork overview

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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 Rising Sun (NGA 2015.19.3801).

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. 272, repro.

Bibliography

1915

  • "The Architectural League's Exhibition." Art and Progress (April 1915): n.p.

1940

  • Jackman, Rilla Evelyn. American Arts. New York, 1940: 428.

Inscriptions

on back of the base, top: A. A. WEINMAN.FECIT.; on back of the base, bottom: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS. N.Y.; underside of base: No. 11 / 131

Markings

FM: Roman Bronze Works

Wikidata ID

Q63863381

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