Ideal Female Head

Ideal Female Head, Circa 1915–20

Elie Nadelman

White marble
14 1⁄2 × 9 1⁄4 × 10 inches

Provenance

The artist, Riverdale, New York
Jan Nadelman, his son, by descent
Philip Nadelman, the artist’s grandson, by descent

Exhibited

  • New York, Zabriskie Gallery, Elie Nadelman: Heads, April 29–May 24, 1980, no. 3, ill. p. 2,
  • New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Elie Nadelman (1886–1946): Elie Nadelman’s New Classicism, November 13–December 13, 1997, no. 4, ill (color).
  • Paris, Galerie Piltzer, Elie Nadelman: Les années parisiennes: 1904–1914, October 7–December 7, 1998, pg. 46, ill. (color).

Literature

  • Possibly Lincoln Kirstein, Elie Nadelman, New York, 1973, pg. 291, no. 29 ca. 1910–1912.
  • Elie Nadelman: Heads, exh. cat., New York, Zabriskie Gallery, 1980, no. 3, ill. pg. 2.
  • E. Jan Nadelman, “Carving Out a Life,” Art & Antiques (April 1990), pg. 96, ill. (color).
  • Elie Nadelman’s New Classicism, exh. cat., New York, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, 1997, no. 4, ill. (color).
  • Pick Keobandith, Elie Nadelman: Les années parisiennes: 1904–1914, exh. cat., Paris, Galerie Piltzer, 1998, pg. 46, ill. (color).