LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with brown patina

Size Notes:

5.7cm on marble base

Markings:

inscribed Frederick MacMonnies/Paris 1890/copyright 1894 and stamped with the Jaboeuf et Rouard foundry mark on sphere

Literature:

Janis Conner and Joel Rosenkranz, . Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939 , Houston, Texas, 1989, p. 126. E. Adina Gordon, . The Sculpture of Frederick William MacMonnies: A Critical Catalogue , Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998, p. 121. Glenn P. Opitz, . Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to the Present , Poughkeepsie, New York, 1894, p. 575, another example illustrated. Mary Smart and E. Adina Gordon, . A Flight with Fame: The Life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies , Madison, Connecticut, 1996, pp. 92, 288, another example illustrated

Provenance:

Sold: Christie's, New York, March 2, 2006, lot 110. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale