PAUL HOWARD MANSHIP (1885-1966)

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PAUL HOWARD MANSHIP (1885-1966)

'Flight of Night', A Bronze Figure

inscribed 'PAVL. MANSHIP © 1918', 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC. N.Y.' and 'N^o 5'
27¼in. (69.2cm.) high, dark greenish black patina, on stepped greenish black marble base

Literature

P. Vitry, Paul Manship, Paris, 1927, p. 38, plate 11
E. Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, p. 158, cat. no. 81, p. 153, fig. 2
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota, Paul Manship: Changing Taste in America, 19 May-18 August, 1985, p. 71, cat. no. 44, cover
H. Rand, Paul Manship, Washington, D.C., 1989, pp. 117-118, fig. 112
J. Manship, Paul Manship, New Yotk, 1989, p. 63, pl. 57

Lot Essay

Flight of Night was edited in two sizes (13½in. and 37in. high). According to Murtha, the large size was limited to an edition of six. Other examples are at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio.