Dahlov (The Artist’s Daughter)

William Zorach, Dahlov (The Artist's Daughter), 1920, unfired ceramic, 13 1⁄2 x 10 5⁄8 x 10 1⁄2 in. (34.3 x 27.0 x 26.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of International Business Machines Corporation, 1966.27.13

Artwork Details

Title
Dahlov (The Artist’s Daughter)
Artist
Date
1920
Location
Dimensions
13 1⁄2 x 10 5⁄8 x 10 1⁄2 in. (34.3 x 27.0 x 26.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of International Business Machines Corporation
Mediums
Mediums Description
unfired ceramic
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Zorach, Dahlov — child
  • Portrait female — Zorach, Dahlov — head
Object Number
1966.27.13
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1966.27.13

Artwork Description

William Zorach’s daughter Dahlov posed for many of his drawings and sculptures. He loved his children dearly and based much of his art on his relationships with them. Their “secret lives” and creative spirits particularly fascinated Zorach, so that when Dahlov began painting at an early age, he saved everything she ever made. When she was eighteen, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City produced a show of her work titled Exhibition of Creative Growth.

Works by this artist (744 items)

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William Zorach, Seated Girl (with hands under legs), 1930, cast and patinated plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1971.449.8
Seated Girl (with hands under legs)
Artist
Date1930
cast and patinated plaster
On view
William Zorach, Head of Abraham Walkowitz, 1943, plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.130
Head of Abraham Walkowitz
Artist
Date1943
plaster
On view
William Zorach, Head of Robert Schwarzenbach, ca. 1930, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.150
Head of Robert Schwarzenbach
Artist
Dateca. 1930
marble
On view
William Zorach, Head of Eudora, ca. 1960, cast and painted plaster on wood base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the collection of the Zorach children, 1976.145.47
Head of Eudora
Artist
Dateca. 1960
cast and painted plaster on wood base
On view

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