Lot 86
86
FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES

Details
FREDERICK WILLIAM MacMONNIES
(1863-1937)

'Diana', A Bronze Figure of the Huntress

inscribed F. MacMonnies 1890 and Copyright 1894 and impressed with the Jaboueuf & Rouard foundry seal
31 in. (78.8 cm.) high, greenish brown patina with traces of verdigris
Literature
L. Taft, The History of American Sculpture, New York, 1924, 1969 reprint, pp. 335-336
A.T.E. Gardner, American Sculpture: Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greenwich, Ct., 1965, p. 83
W. Craven, Sculpture in America, New York, 1984 ed., p. 421

Lot Essay

Diana was first exhibited as a life size plaster in 1889 and copyrighted in 1894. While the artist utilized both French and American foundries to cast the model (in the present size and a reduction of 18½in.), he preferred the quality of the French casts.
Another example of this model with identical inscriptions and foundry seal was sold in these Rooms May 22, 1989, lot 184.