MAHONRI MACKINTOSH YOUNG (1877-1957)

Details

MAHONRI MACKINTOSH YOUNG (1877-1957)

'Right to the Jaw', A Bronze Group of Boxers

inscribed 'MAHONRI ©', impressed with the sculptor's thumbprint and stamped with the Valsuani foundry seal
14in. (35.6cm.) high, 19¾in. (50.2cm.) long, reddish brown patina

Literature

Creative Art, 1928, illus.
Parnassus, May, 1929, illus.
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murells Inlet, South Carrolina, 1968 reprint, p. 155
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 182-187, illus, note 21

Lot Essay

Another example of Right to the Jaw is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York. The artist also cast a single figure of the prizefighter receiving the blow, entitled Groggy. An example of this work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.