Écorché: Relief of a Horse (Josephine)
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Écorché: Relief of a Horse (Josephine)
1880-197919th; 20th
23.75 in. x 21.5 in. x 3.75 in. (60.33 cm x 54.61 cm x 9.53 cm)
Thomas Eakins, (1844–1916)
User Text 1 Thomas Eakins was a Realist artist and influential teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA). He committed to representing bodies as accurately as possible. As a result, he obsessively studied the anatomy of both humans and animals. An écorché is an anatomical study displaying muscles of the body. This bronze cast écorché was taken from a plaster mold created by Eakins for teaching. The horse, Josephine, belonged to Fairman Rogers, a Board member of PAFA who had recruited Eakins to his teaching position. Josephine had appeared in several of Eakins’ earlier paintings. She died in 1882, and Rogers likely gave her carcass to Eakins for his anatomical studies.
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
Bronze with brown patina mounted on wooden plaque
Credit Line:
Gift of Sue Kessler Feld, Class of 1969, and Stuart P. Feld
Accession Number:
2010.53
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld owned the original plaster and had it cast in 1979 in an edition of ten and one artist's proof. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld donated the original plaster to the National Gallery of Art in 2004. Mr. and Mrs. Feld also donated a bronze cast to Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art. Thomas Eakins, "A Mare in the Park," 1879-1880 portrays the owner of the mare, Josephine.
Current Location:
Chazen : Display : 1st floor : Hallway
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Dimensions
- mount Dimensions: 25.25 in. x 27.5 in. x 5.5 in. (64.14 cm x 69.85 cm x 13.97 cm) Measured by Selbig, Andrea
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Goodrich, L. "Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work." New York, 1933.
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New York, 1933
Page Number: p. 208, Figure Number: no. 501 - Hendricks, Gordon and Thomas Eakins. "The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins." New York: Grossman Publishers, 1974. . Grossman Publishers. New York, 1974
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