Paul Manship (American, 1885-1966). Lyric Muse, 1912. Bronze with brown patina. 12 inches (30.5 cm) high. Ed. 15. Inscri...

Description

Paul Manship (American, 1885-1966)
Lyric Muse, 1912
Bronze with brown patina
12 inches (30.5 cm) high
Ed. 15
Inscribed on the base: Paul Manship / Roma 1912
Inscribed along the base: Roman Bronze Works N-Y-

PROVENANCE:
Collection of William Welles Bosworth, New York;
By descent to the present owner.

LITERATURE:
E. Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, pp. 11, 150, no. 19, pl. 4, another example illustrated;
H. Rand, "The Stature of Paul Manship," Paul Manship, Changing Taste in America, exhibition catalogue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1985, pp. 18-19, no. 9, another example illustrated;
J. Manship, Paul Manship, New York, 1989, pp. 27, 36-38, 45, pl. 26, another example illustrated;
H. Rand, Paul Manship, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1989, pp. 26-27, 29, 32, 65, fig. 14, another example illustrated;
S. Rather, Archaism, Modernism, and the Art of Paul Manship, Austin, Texas, 1993, p. 85, cover, another example illustrated.




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