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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.90
People
Sorel Etrog, Canadian (Jassy, Roumania 1933 - 2014 Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Title
Ceremonial Figure
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
20th century
Culture
Canadian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311805

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
actual: 166.69 x 40.96 x 28.58 cm (65 5/8 x 16 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on base: 1/7 Etrog

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sorel Etrog; Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Zacks, Toronto, Ontario, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

NOTE: Correspondence in the curatorial file indicates that the sculpture was selected for the museum by Mr. Zacks at the artist's studio.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Zacks
Copyright
© Estate of Sorel Etrog
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.90
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • H. Wade White, "Recent Accessions in Sculpture", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, February 1967), vol. IV, no. 3, reproduced, fig. V
  • "Some Recent Acquisitions", Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1966-1967, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1968), reproduced p. 102

Exhibition History

  • New Acquisitions [1957], Museum of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 01/01/1957 - 12/31/1957
  • Art of Tomorrow, Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Haifa, 01/01/1958 - 12/31/1958
  • One Man Exhibition: Sorel Etrog, Z. O. A., Tel Aviv, 01/01/1958 - 12/31/1958; Gallery Moos, Toronto, 01/01/1959 - 12/31/1959; Lewis Gallery, 01/01/1960 - 12/31/1960; Dominion Gallery, Montréal, 02/01/1963 - 02/28/1963
  • Ten Years of Israel Art, [Unknown venue, Jerusalem], Jerusalem, 01/01/1958 - 12/31/1958; [Unknown venue, Tel Aviv], Tel Aviv, 02/01/1958 - 12/31/1958; [Unknown venue, Haifa], Haifa, 03/01/1958 - 12/31/1958
  • Ayala and Sam Zacks Collection, C.N.E. Exhibition, [Unknown venue, Toronto], Toronto, 01/01/1960 - 12/31/1960
  • New Acquisitions [1960], Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 01/01/1960 - 12/31/1960
  • Art in Canada Exhibition, [Unknown venue, Bordeaux], Bordeaux, 01/01/1962 - 12/31/1962
  • New Acquisitions [1962], Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 01/01/1962 - 12/31/1962
  • Sculpture International, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 01/01/1962 - 12/31/1962
  • Sorel Etrog, Rose Fried Gallery, New York, 05/07/1963 - 06/08/1963
  • Unidentified Exhibition, Venice Bienniale XXXV, 1966, Venice Bienniale XXXV, 1966, Venice, 01/01/1966 - 12/31/1966

Verification Level

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