Memorial Relief (Hand of a Child)

1908

Auguste Rodin

Sculptor, French, 1840 - 1917

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    marble

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Elizabeth Merrill Furness

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.8 × 32.7 × 14.9 cm, 60 lb. (16 1/16 × 12 7/8 × 5 7/8 in., 27.216 kg)

  • Accession

    1982.6.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift 1908 from the artist to Elizabeth Musgrave Croswell Merrill [Mrs. Charles M. Croswell, later Mrs. Thomas D. Merrill, 1853-1928], Duluth, Minnesota; by inheritance to her daughter, Elizabeth Merrill Hubbard Furness [Mrs. William Coit Hubbard, later Mrs. Thomas F. Furness, 1898-1986], Chicago, and Middleburg, Virginia; gift 1982 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Twentieth Century American Sculpture: Inspired by Rodin, The White House, Washington, D.C., 1998-1999.

Bibliography

1927

  • Grappe, Georges. Catalogue du Musée Rodin. Paris, 1927: 102.

1944

  • Grappe, Georges. Catalogue du Musée Rodin. 5th ed. Paris, 1944: 124.

1987

  • Barbier, Nicolle. Marbres de Rodin: collection du musée. Paris, 1987: 82-83.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 205, 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: 388-391, color repro.

2009

  • Parshall, Peter, et al. The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900. Exh. cat., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. Washington, D.C., 2009: 138, 140 fig. 5.

Inscriptions

on flat surface above the hand: OFFERTE / A MADAME ELYSABETH MERRILL / EN SOUVENIR DE SA FILLE / SALLY HICKS / CROSWELL; on flat surface below the hand: A. RODIN

Wikidata ID

Q63860725


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