Dahlov (The Artist’s Daughter)

Copied William Zorach, Dahlov (The Artist's Daughter), 1920, unfired ceramic, 13 1210 5810 12 in. (34.327.026.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of International Business Machines Corporation, 1966.27.13

Artwork Details

Title
Dahlov (The Artist’s Daughter)
Date
1920
Dimensions
13 1210 5810 12 in. (34.327.026.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of International Business Machines Corporation
Mediums
Mediums Description
unfired ceramic
Classifications
Keywords
  • 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.