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William Zorach (1887-1966) Setting Hen 14in high (35.6cm) (Modelled in 1935; Cast in 1941.) image 1
William Zorach (1887-1966) Setting Hen 14in high (35.6cm) (Modelled in 1935; Cast in 1941.) image 2
William Zorach (1887-1966) Setting Hen 14in high (35.6cm) (Modelled in 1935; Cast in 1941.) image 3
William Zorach (1887-1966) Setting Hen 14in high (35.6cm) (Modelled in 1935; Cast in 1941.) image 4
Property from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund
Lot 17

William Zorach
(1887-1966)
Setting Hen 14in high (35.6cm)

19 November 2019, 16:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$7,575 inc. premium

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William Zorach (1887-1966)

Setting Hen
signed with artist's initials 'W.Z.' (on the underside)
cast stone
14in high (35.6cm)
Modelled in 1935; Cast in 1941.

Footnotes

Provenance
The artist.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1941.

Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture, September 25, 1945-1947.
Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Birds in Contemporary Art: A Loan Exhibition, February 12-March 31, 1966.

Literature
R.N. Faulkner, Art Today: An Introduction to the Fine and Functional Arts, 1956, p. 441, illustrated.
The Museum of Modern Art, Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art: A Catalog, New York, 1958, p. 63.
A. Legg, M.B. Smalley, eds., Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art: Catalog of the Collection with Selected Works on Paper to January 1988, New York, 1988, p. 128.

The present work was cast after the original marble version of Setting Hen from 1935 (whereabouts unknown). A limited edition of stone examples were made of this model along with an edition of six bronze casts of the same subject.

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