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Elie Nadelman

Deer

Description

Maker

Elie Nadelman (American, b. Poland, 1882-1946)

Title

Deer

Year

ca. 1915

Medium

bronze

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

bronze

Materials

bronze

Dimensions

78.1 x 55.9 x 36.2 cm (30 3/4 x 22 x 14 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed on right horn:Nadelman;on left:N4

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe

Object Number

54.147.19

Type

Sculpture

Exhibition History

Making It In America

Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

Paintings of animals in the prehistoric caves of Lascaux in Dordogne, France, heavily influenced the construction of Deer and Fawn, whose contours and movements are evoked by sweeping curves. Rejecting the theory that art imitated nature, Nadelman preferred to draw and sculpt only with what he called the “freshness and force” of the curve. He studied in Warsaw, Krakow, Munich, and Paris before immigrating to America to escape the growing crisis of World War I.

In 1920, Eliza Radeke, president of the Rhode Island School of Design, became the first to place Nadelman’s work in an American art museum.

"The Center Cannot Hold"

Art from 1900-1920

Mar 01, 1999 – Jul 01, 1999

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Tombstone

Elie Nadelman (American, b. Poland, 1882-1946)

Deer, ca. 1915

Bronze

78.1 x 55.9 x 36.2 cm (30 3/4 x 22 x 14 1/4 inches)

Bequest of Miss Ellen D. Sharpe 54.147.19

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