West Building Ground Floor, North Lobby West Stair
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 125.4 x 49.5 x 45.4 cm (49 3/8 x 19 1/2 x 17 7/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1983.1.53
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Galerie Dina Vierny); sold March 1969 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1983 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 75, repro.
2023
Glinsman, Lisha Deming, Daphne Barbour and Shelley Sturman. "When the Workshop is Fluid: Observations on Parisian Bronze Casting in the Early Twentieth Century." Daphne Barbour, ed., Facture. Conservation, Science, Art History 6 (2023): 177 figs. 21, 22 (detail).
Inscriptions
back of truncated leg: GEORGES RUDIER. / FONDEUR . PARIS; left side of left leg below knee, stamped: C. Despiau. / 5/5
Markings
FM: Georges Rudier
Wikidata ID
Q63860756