Boy Balancing on a Ball
model 1888, cast probably c. 1905
Artist, German, 1865 - 1934
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 24.6 x 7.6 x 7.3 cm (9 11/16 x 3 x 2 7/8 in.)
overall (marble base): 3.7 x 9.2 x 6 cm (1 7/16 x 3 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1976.3.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Erich Meyer [1893-1968], Görlitz, Silesia, Germany, probably before 1933; gift 1939 to his son, Dr. Dieter Erich Meyer [b. 1926], Berlin-Dahlem, Germany;[1] gift 1976 to NGA.
[1] Letter from the donor, Dr. Dieter Erich Meyer, to Douglas Lewis, dated 29 December 1975 (in NGA curatorial files). Dr. Meyer received the bronze as a gift from his father in 1939. He remembered having seen it in the family home around 1933, when he was seven years old.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2009
The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2009-2010, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1976
National Gallery of Art. 1975 Annual Report. Washington, D.C., 1976: 28.
1991
Richardson, John, and Marilyn McCully. A Life of Picasso: Volume 1: 1881-1906. New York, 1991: 346-347, 509 n. 48, repro. 347.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 103, 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: 272-275, color repro.
Inscriptions
on proper right side of ball, in script: J. Götz / Berlin
Wikidata ID
Q63854712