Dying Centaur, model 1869, cast 1967

Inscription

inscribed on top of base, between hooves: W. Rimmer; inscribed on vertical edge of base by tail: [copyright symbol] / Cast by Kennedy Galleries Inc. 1967 / #2/15

Provenance

James Lincoln Borglum [1912-1986]; (Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); purchased 7 February 1968 by NGA.

Exhibition History

1969

In Memoriam, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, unnumbered checklist.

1974

Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 174, repro.

1980

Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 36, repro.

1981

Weidman, Jeffrey. "William Rimmer, Critical Catalogue Raisonné." 7 vols. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1981: 1:no. 39C, 327.

1988

Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 43, repro.

1994

Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 195, repro.

2000

Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 440-452, color repro.

2022

Evans, Dorinda. William Rimmer: Champion of Imagination in American Art. Cambridge, 2022: 65, 67, fig. 53 (det.),68, 144-145, 201.

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