19th Century European Bronze Sculpture

2 April–30 April 1975

The exhibition attempted to allow lesser-known sculptors to emerge from the shadow of the more recognized figures like Auguste Rodin. The pieces range from large works such as Carpeaux’s Ugolino and His Sons to smaller domestic pieces. The curators hope that the exhibition will prompt much-needed scholarship on this body of sculpture. A selection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century bronzes from the Smart’s permanent collection joined the exhibition in order to highlight the debts owed to these older works. The exhibition of 29 works was borrowed from an anonymous party.

Curator: Katharine L. Keefe, Curator of Collections, with the assistance of students Michele Bogart, Elinor Gadon, Edward Michael and Helen Shannon. 

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