BOURDELLE, Émile-Antoine

Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne 1861 - Le Vésinet, Yvelines 1929

Grand guerrier de Montauban

Great Warrior of Montauban (The)

1898-1900

bronze

statue

Dimensions (HxWxD): 73 ¹⁄₄ x 62 x 24 ¹⁄₈ in.

Acc. No.: 66.593

Credit Line: Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Photo credit: 2012 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 11 juillet 2011

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Provenance

Bibliography

Museum's website
1965 Jianou and Dufet
Ionel Jianou and Michel Dufet, Bourdelle, trans. Kathleen Muston and Bryan Richardson, Paris, Arted, 1965, p. 77, pl. 7; 2nd edition, 1975, p. 80, no. 161
1968 Arnason
H. Harvard Arnason, History of Modern Art, New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1968, p. 56, ill.
1969 Hale
William H. Hale, The World of Rodin 1840-1917, New York, Time Life Books, 1969, p. 175, caption on p. 174
1972 Unsigned
Unsigned, Apollo, vol. 96, August 1972, p. 102, no. 19, ill. p. 103
1973 Goode
James E. Goode, "Outdoor Sculpture: Washington's Overlooked Monuments", Historic Preservation, January-March 1973, p. 6, ill.
1974 Butler
Joseph T. Butler, "America: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Opens in Washington, DC", Connoisseur 187/753, November 1974, ill. no. 5
1974 Young
Mahonri Sharp Young, "Letter from the U.S.A. : Hirshhorn on the Mall", Apollo 100/153, November 1974, p. 419
1975 Muessig
Raymond H. Muessig ed., "Controversial Issues in the Social Studies", Washington, DC: National Council for the Social Studies, 1975, ill. p. 196
1978 Unsigned
Unsigned, Smithsonian Torch, December 1978, ill. p. 8
1994 Unsigned
Unsigned, "Care for Outdoor Sculpture", Washington Post, 30 June 1994, Washington Home, ill. p. 20
1996 Unsigned
Unsigned, "Gallery Listings", Intowner, May 1996, ill.
1998 Fletcher
Valerie Fletcher, A Garden for Art, Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998, no. 4, ill. p. 41

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