Tag: sculpture

Arlequin (1917)

Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Arlequin (Harlequin) 1917 Carved and painted plaster, 54 x 33 x 25.4 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This standing figure is the only sculpture that Juan Gris ever made. The polychrome sculpture is balanced on a protruding wedge-shaped slab…

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (c.1890)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Pierre Puvis de Chavannes modeled c.1890, cast c.1910 Bronze, 53.3 × 50.8 × 31.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cast by Alexis Rudier (French) Rodin neither selected his male and female sitters in the same way, nor…

Oiseau lunaire (1966)

Miró, Joan (1893-1983) Oiseau lunaire (Moon Bird) 1966 Bronze, 234 x 210 x 150 cm Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid In the 1940s, Joan Miró approached sculpture from a similar basic standpoint to that which had first attracted him to the discipline in…

Gustav Mahler (1909)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Gustav Mahler Modeled 1909; cast 1926 Bronze, 34.3 x 22.9 x 22.2 cm Musée Rodin, Paris Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874-1952. Compare: Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Gustav Mahler 1909 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     See also:…

Gustav Mahler (1909)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Gustav Mahler 1909 Bronze, 35.6 × 22.9 × 25.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ascetic, sharp features give the composer an aristocratic look. Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) modeled for Rodin, though the sittings were difficult to endure for…

La nymphe de Fontainebleau (1542-1543)

Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) La nymphe de Fontainebleau (The Nymph of Fontainebleau) 1542–1543 Bronze, 205 x 409 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by François I and executed in 1542–1543, in the workshop of the Hôtel de Nesle in Paris, with the assistance…

Perseo con la testa di Medusa (1545-1554)

Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Perseo con la testa di Medusa (Perseus with the Head of Medusa) 1545–1554 Bronze, h. 519 cm Piazza della Signoria, Firenze Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Perseo con la testa della Medusa 1804–1806 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York  …

Saliera (1540-1543)

Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Saliera (Salt Cellar) 1540–1543 Gold, enamel, ebony, ivory, 28.5 × 21.5 × 26.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The only extant work in gold by this Florentine artist already famous during his lifetime, Cellini’s masterpiece is far more than a…