Incised with the Artist's initials and numbered 'EN/5/6' along the base, to the right; also stamped with the conjoined initials of the Modern Art Foundry 'MA,' the symbol of the Art Founders Guild and dated '1982' on the rear of base, bronze with black patina
Height: 27 1/2 in. (69.9cm)
Width: 15 in. (38.1cm)
Depth: 12 1/2 in. (31.8cm)
Base: 4 1/2 x 10 x 10 in. (11.4 x 25.4 x 25.4cm)
Conceived circa 1926, posthumously cast in 1982. Edition of 6.

Provenance

Estate of Elie Nadelman.
Kent Fine Art Inc., New York, New York.
Acquired directly from the above in 1986.
Collection of Alan I. and Dianne Kay, Bethesda, Maryland.
The Estate of Alan I. and Dianne Kay, Bethesda, Maryland.

Exhibition

"Masters of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture," Marlborough Gallery, New York, November 8-December 4, 1984, no. 49 (illustrated).

Literature

Lincoln Kirstein, Elie Nadelman, Eakins Press, New York, 1973, no. 71, p. 294 (in reference to the galvano plastique).
Masters of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1984, no. 49 (illustrated).
Barbara Haskell, Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life, New York, 2003, pp. 157, 159 and 166, fig. 189 (another example illustrated).