Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II

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Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers

Four Portrait Medallions of French Politicians and Writers including Alphonse de Lamartine, Pierre-Simon Ballanche, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais , and Casimir Pierre Périer

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April 6, 03:14 PM GMT

Estimate

700 - 900 USD

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Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program

Pierre-Jean David d'Angers

1788 - 1856

Four Portrait Medallions of French Politicians and Writers including Alphonse de Lamartine, Pierre-Simon Ballanche, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais , and Casimir Pierre Périer

one signed and dated David 1830 and inscribed Alphonse de Lamartine

one signed and dated David 1830 and inscribed P.S. Ballanche

one signed and dated David 1831 and inscribed L'Abbe de La Mennais

one signed and dated David 1835 and inscribed Casimir Perier

bronze with dark brown patina

diameters: from 5 3/5 to 6 ¼ inches (14.2 to 15.9 cm)

For La Mennais, Ballanche and de Lamartine Medallions:
Victor Hugo, Paris (sold: Hugo Household Estate, Paris, June 8, 1852)
Private collection, Paris, 1976
Jacques Fisher, Paris
Shepherd Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner in 1976

For Perier Medallion:
Galerie Fischer-Kiener, Paris
Acquired by the present owner in 1980

For La Mennais, Ballanche and de Lamartine Medallions:
Sidney Lawrence, “Three Hirshhorn Acquisitions Reveal Unusual Histories” The Smithsonian Torch, no. 77-5, May 1977
H.W. Janson and Peter Fusco eds., The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth Century Sculpture from North American Collections, Los Angeles, California, 1980, pp. 214-217, fig. 95, illustrated

For La Mennais, Ballanche and de Lamartine Medallions:
Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Acquisitions: 1974-1977, March - July 1977
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Art; Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts; Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Romantics to Rodin: French Nineteenth Century Sculpture from North American Collections, February 1980 - May 1981