Memorial Relief (Hand of a Child)
1908
Sculptor, French, 1840 - 1917
Artwork overview
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Medium
marble
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 40.8 × 32.7 × 14.9 cm, 60 lb. (16 1/16 × 12 7/8 × 5 7/8 in., 27.216 kg)
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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