Tête de Montserrat II
Head of Montserrat II
1942
bronze
head
Dimensions (HxWxD): 12 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2 x 11 9⁄16 (overall) 6 3⁄4 (base)
foundry mark : SUSSE FONDEUR PARIS
inscribed : 1/6 (c) BY R GONZALEZ
Acc. No.: 57.51
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Maslon
© Artist : public domain
© Artist : public domainProvenance
- Samuel H. Maslon (1901-1988) and Luella R. Maslon (d. 2001) collection
- 1957, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Maslon
Bibliography
- Museum's webiste, October 15, 2015
- 1956 New York/Minneapolis
Julio Gonzalez, New York, Museum of Modern Art, February 7-April 8, 1956; Minneapolis Institute of Art, May 8-June 17, 1956, no. 57
Exhibitions
- 2002 Minneapolis
Recent Accessions, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, June 1, 2002-January 12, 2003
Related works
- Other copies (see 1956 New York/Minneapolis, no. 57):
- Barcelone, Museu Nacional d'art de Catalunya (acc. no. 113413-000)
- Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Art Museum (acc. no. 56.7)
- Milwaukee, private collection
- New York, Museum of Modern Art (acc. no. 937.1965)
- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne (acc. no. AM 950 S).
Comment
- Museum's website, October 15, 2015 :
"Head of Montserrat, No. 2" is one of several sculptures Gonzàlez created in 1941 and 1942 in response to the horrors of the Spanish civil war (1936-39). Living and working in Paris during the German occupation, Gonzàlez was also profoundly affected by the events of World War II which were unfolding around him. Both wars were turning points for him as an artist. His use of figurative forms in the "Montserrat" series marked a departure from his abstract wrought-iron constructions of the 1930s, enabling him to evoke human agony through gesture and expression.