Explore the Exhibition history of this artwork, The Prodigal Son (Barnard).
A plaster of The Prodigal Son was shown in Barnard's one-man exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, November–December 1908.The twice-life-size marble (for the Pennsylvania State Capitol) was exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais, Paris, April–May 1910.Barnard exhibited his twice-life-size marble (now at the Speed Art Museum) at the 1913 Armory Show in New York City, along with four sculpture groups from his Urn of Life.A marble of The Prodigal Son was installed in the garden of the Hispanic Society of America, June–August 1923, as part of an outdoor exhibition organized by the National Sculpture Society.The Carnegie Museum of Art's marble was loaned to a 1963 traveling exhibition: Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Armory Show of 1913, organized by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute.A plaster of The Prodigal Son was included in the 1963 centenary exhibition of Barnard's work at Pennsylvania State University. It is currently unlocated.
Pennsylvania State University Prodigal Son Speed Art Museum Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute National Sculpture Society Hispanic Society of America Armory Show Salon des Artistes Francais Pennsylvania State Capitol Carnegie Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Urn of Life