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Enlightenment and Beauty: Sculptures by Houdon and Clodion

The Frick CollectionScore 98.8

DatesApr 1, 2014 — Apr 5, 2015
Location1 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA, New York, United States
Artists
Group exhibition

Enlightenment and Beauty: Sculptures by Houdon and Clodion April 1, 2014 to April 5, 2015 Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741–1828) and Claude Michel, called Clodion (1738–1814), were two of the foremost sculptors in France during the late eighteenth century, and the Frick houses an important group of their works. In 1915 founder Henry Clay Frick acquired Clodion’s terracotta Zephyrus and Flora and, the following year…

Enlightenment and Beauty: Sculptures by Houdon and Clodion