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
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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
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.