Model for "Poetry and Music"

Provenance

Leroy de Senneville [1715-1784], Paris; (his sale, Chariot and Paillet at Hôtel de Bulion, Paris, 5-11 April 1780, no. 289); sold to Devouges.[1] Vicomte Charles-Alexandre de Calonne [1734-1802]; (his sale, Le Brun, Paris, 21-30 April 1788, no. 253); sold for 247 livres to Lebrun. (Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 14-15 June 1920, 1st day, no. 132); purchased by David David-Weill [1871-1952], Neuilly-sur-Seine; sold 1937 to (Wildenstein and Co., New York), until at least 1940.[2] (Jacques Helft & Co., New York); sold 18 December 1944 to Mr. and Mrs. Forsyth Wickes. (Rosenberg & Steibel, New York); sold 1976 to NGA. [1] Henri Thirion, _Les Adam et Clodion_, Paris, 1885: 393. [2] "Sale of the David-Weill Collection," _Art News_ 35, 27 February 1937: 12. The sculpture was exhibited, for sale, with the David-Weill collection at Wildenstein, New York, in 1940.

Model for "Poetry and Music"

Clodion

1774

Accession Number

1976.10.1

Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

overall: 27 x 23.3 x 15.6 cm (10 5/8 x 9 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Loula D. Lasker Fund