PAUL MANSHIP (1885-1966)

Property From THE SCHMIDGALL COLLECTION OF ANIMAL SCULPTURE

细节

PAUL MANSHIP (1885-1966)

A Bronze Figure of a Shoebill Stork

inscribed PM © 1932, 1., and AC and stamped PRESSMANN BAUER & C^. MUNICH-BAVARIA
14in. (35.6cm.) high, on pink granite base, greenish black patina

来源

The estate of the artist
John Manship, Gloucester, Ma.
Private Collection, New York; sold Christie's, American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries, #5148, June 3, 1982, lot 227

出版

E.Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, cat. no. 320
H. Rand, Paul Manship, Washington, D.C., 1989, pp. 110-113,
fig. 109
J.P. Manhip, Paul Manship, New York, 1989, p. 118

拍品专文

'Shoebill Stork' is one of ten models of birds used in the final design for the Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gateway to the New York Zoological Gardens, Bronx, New York. Commissioned in 1923 by Grace Rainey Rogers, the gateway was dedicated on June 14, 1934.

Examples of the working models for these birds were cast by Pressman-Bauer in a variety of finishes and mounted on elegant bases, often of semi-precious stones such as lapis lazuli. The initials 'AC' are those of Angelo Colombo, an artist who worked with Manship on the commission.