Hercules

Details

Paul Howard Manship (1885-1966)
Hercules
signed, dated and inscribed 'PAUL MANSHIP SCULP. © 1945' on the base
bronze with rich greenish brown patina
29¼ in. (74.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Commissioned by the present owner by 1945.

Literature

E. Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, no. 459, p. 184
J. Manship, Paul Manship, New York, 1989, pp. 166-167, illustrated

Exhibited

Wilmington, Delaware, Delaware Art Museum, Hercules Original Calendar Art From the Period 1918 to 1955, August-September 1990 (This exhibition also traveled to Wilmington, Delaware, Atrium of Hercules Plaza, November-December 1990)

Lot Essay

RELATED WORKS:
Hercules Upholding the Heavens, 1918, bronze, 84 in. (213.3 cm.) high, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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