The Artist’s Daughter

Copied William Zorach, The Artist's Daughter, 1930, marble, 25 3⁄8 x 12 1⁄4 x 10 1⁄2 in. (64.3 x 31.2 x 26.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach, 1968.25

Artwork Details

Title
The Artist’s Daughter
Artist
Date
1930
Location
Dimensions
25 3⁄8 x 12 1⁄4 x 10 1⁄2 in. (64.3 x 31.2 x 26.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Tessim Zorach
Mediums
Mediums Description
marble
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait female — Zorach, Dahlov — bust
  • Portrait female — Zorach, Dahlov — nude
Object Number
1968.25
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1968.25

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.