Tag: sculpture

Oval with Points (1969-1970)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Oval with Points 1969–1970 Bronze, c.335 x 265.4 x 133.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton One of the most photographed sculptures on campus, Oval with Points has an amorphous shape that counters the formalism of Princeton’s architecture. Henry…

Ideas for Sculpture: Heads (1959)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Ideas for Sculpture: Heads 1959 Graphite, black and red chalk, grey wash and black gouache, 29 x 23.9 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton © The Henry Moore Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Statue dite “Bacchus Richelieu” (1793)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Statue dite “Bacchus Richelieu” (The so-called “Bacchus Richelieu”) 1793 Charcoal with stumping slightly accented with black chalk, 70 × 53 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Ingres‘s early academic training in Toulouse is reflected in this…

Femme de la Martinique (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Femme de la Martinique (Woman of Martinique) 1889 Painted clay, textile, paper, wooden base, 19.7 × 11.1 × 7 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton This sculpture reveals an array of references to non‑Western cultures that the artist…

La Laveuse (1917)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Laveuse (Washerwoman) 1917 Bronze, 122.6 x 54.6 x 127 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Though he had first experimented with sculpture in 1907–08, Pierre-Auguste Renoir returned to it more seriously in 1913 at the urging of…

Madonna col Bambino (s.d.)

Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1446) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) s.d. Polychromed terracotta, 79 × 72.7 × 22.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi.

Tête de Victor Hugo (c.1883)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Tête de Victor Hugo (Head of Victor Hugo) c.1883 Bronze, 32 x 20 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The great French author Victor Hugo was a passionate Republican and his epic novels highlight the social and political injustices…

Henriette I (1925)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Henriette I 1925, cast 1965 Bronze with brown patina, 28.6 x 19.5 x 25.3 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon Compare:  Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Henriette II 1927 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Henriette III 1929 National Museum Wales, Cardiff  …

Henriette III (1929)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Henriette III 1929 Bronze with black patina, 40.1 x 21.3 x 27 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff Compare: Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Henriette I 1925, cast 1965 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon     Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Henriette II 1927 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon    …