Horse
c. 1914
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall without base: 29.85 × 29.85 × 10.16 cm (11 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 4 in.) overall with base: 36.2 × 29.85 × 10.16 cm (14 1/4 × 11 3/4 × 4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, Anna E. Clark Fund, and William A. Clark Fund)
Accession Number
2014.136.259
Art Historical Context
Elie Nadelman's *Horse* (c. 1914) is a charming bronze sculpture that captures the artist's distinctive blend of modernist simplification and folk-art whimsy. Standing just under 12 inches tall and wide without its base, this compact piece depicts a stylized equine form with smooth, rounded contours and an almost playful geometry—hallmarks of Nadelman's early career. Working between Paris and New York during the pre-World War I era, Nadelman drew inspiration from ancient and folk sculptures, creating works that evoke a sense of timeless universality rather than photographic realism. Cast in b...