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Head of a Woman
ca. 1916-193218 3/4 x 10 x 15 1/2 in. (47.6 x 25.4 x 39.4 cm)
Elie Nadelman
United States (Warsaw, Polish Russia, 1882 - 1946, Riverdale, NY)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Bronze
Credit Line:
Anonymous gift in honor of Gertrude Herdle Moore
Accession Number:
1962.7
Location: Not currently on view
Sculptor Elie Nadelman drew inspiration from the classical forms of ancient Greece, yet his work suggests contemporary influences as well. The streamlined and chiseled facial features of Head of a Woman and the subtle band at the woman’s hairline are timeless elements, yet they suggest an aesthetic closely associated with the Art Deco movement.
[Gallery label text, 2010]
[Gallery label text, 2010]
Provenance
Edwin Hewitt Gallery, New York; purchased by an anonymous collector in 1958; given to the Gallery in 1962
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Recent Acquisitions: 20th century Permanent Collection 1962
- Focus on Faces 1967
- Contrasts/Comparisons 9/28/1973 - 10/28/1973
- American Art in Upstate New York: Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculpture from 7/12/1974 - 4/27/1975
- Selections from the Permanent Collection Summer 1975
- Treasures from Rochester Memorial Art Gallery 4/14/1977 - 5/28/1977
- Treasure House: Museums of the Empire State Roberson Museum and Science Center 7/1/1979 - 1/13/1980
- Modern Art in Rochester 7/18/1981 - 8/23/1981
- Selected Work from the Art Collection of Dr. James Sibley Watson, Jr. Memorial Art Gallery 8/19/1985 - 9/21/1985
- Painting a Place in America: Jewish Artists in New York, 1900-1945 The Jewish Museum 5/15/1991 - 9/29/1991
- Elie Nadelman: Classical Folk 6/8/2001 - 12/16/2001
- Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life 4/3/2003 - 7/26/2003
- Collection Connections: Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan 1/19/2010 - 3/22/2010
- A New American Sculpture, 1914-1945: Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach 5/23/2017 - 5/13/2018
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Title: An Important Gift of Sculpture. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 27, Issue Number: 5. Issue Date: April-May, 1962.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Denys Sutton. Treasures from Rochester: Exhibited at Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14-May 28, 1977: Summary Catalogue. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1977.
- Miriam Troop. Artists in America. New York, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1980.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. American Art in Upstate New York: Drawings, Watercolors, and Small Sculpture from Public Collections in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica. Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1974.
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Treasure House: Museums of the Empire State. Binghamton, NY: Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, 1979.
- Suzanne Ramljak. Elie Nadelman: Classical Folk. New York, NY: American Federation of Arts, 2001.
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Scope: Entry. Susan Dodge Peters. Selected Work From the Art Collection of Dr. James Sibley Watson, Jr.. Rochester, NY: Bevier Gallery, RIT, 1985.
- Campus Times. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester
- Article Author: Eschelbacher, Andrew J., and Ronald Harvey. Article Title: On the Surface: Innovations of Material and Technique. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Andrew J. Eschelbacher. A New American Sculpture 1914-1945: Lachaise, Laurent, Nadelman, and Zorach. London and New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2017. Page Number: 68-69; 82; 172, Figure Number: 7
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
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