George Washington, 1786/1793

Not on View

Medium

plaster

Dimensions

overall: 52.6 x 31.5 x 26.3 cm (20 11/16 x 12 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr., in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.199.1

Artists / Makers

Jean-Antoine Houdon (sculptor) French, 1741 - 1828

Image Use

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Inscription

applied red wax seal on back: ACADEM. ROYALE DE PEINTURE ET SCULPT. HOUDON SC.

Provenance

J.M. Bouvier Collection, Paris;[1] (Newhouse Galleries, New York); Robert L. McNeil, Jr. [1915-2010], Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1989, no. 16, bought in); Robert L. McNeil, Jr. [1915-2010], Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania; gift 1991 to NGA.

[1] A letter written by H.Harvard Arnason, in NGA curatorial files, states that the work was in the Bouvier collection for at least 2 generations.

Associated Names

Bouvier, J.M.
McNeil, Jr., Robert L., Mr. and Mrs.
Newhouse Galleries
Sotheby's

Exhibition History

1995: Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation, The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1995, no. 26, fig. 12.

Bibliography

1992: Gibson, Eric. "Sculptures Climax the National Gallery's 50th." Washington Times (February 2, 1992).

1997: Clark, H. Nichols B., A Marble Quarry, The James H. Ricau Collection of Sculpture at the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1997, no. 67, p. 155, repro.