Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)

'Pan of Rohallion'

Details

Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
'Pan of Rohallion'
inscribed 'Frédérick.MacMonnies/Copyright 1894 Paris 1890' and stamped 'Jaboeuf & Rouard Fondeurs a Paris' (along the sphere)-- inscribed 'TO.PAN.OF.ROHALLION.ANNO.DOMINI.M.D.C.C.C.L.X.L' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Estate of Emily Buck, San Francisco.
Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, California.
Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Houston, Texas, 1989, p. 126.
E.A. Gordon, The Sculpture of Frederick William MacMonnies: A Critical Catalogue, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998, p. 121.
G.P. Opitz, Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to the Present, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1894, p. 575, another example illustrated.
M. Smart and E.A. Gordon, A Flight with Fame: The Life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies, Madison, Connecticut, 1996, pp. 92, 288, another example illustrated.

Lot Essay

Pan of Rohallion, the first of a series of fountain figures sculpted by MacMonnies in the 1890s, was originally designed for the estate of Howard Adams in Seabright, New Jersey. One of the artist's most successful models, it was edited by both French and American foundries in several sizes: ten inches (see lot 79), fifteen inches and thirty inches high.

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