Paul Howard Manship (1885-1966)

'Europa and the Bull'

Details

Paul Howard Manship (1885-1966)
'Europa and the Bull'
inscribed 'P.MANSHIP. © 1924' (on the back)--inscribed 'RBW/No. 8' (under the base)
bronze with black patina and parcel gilding
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high on a 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) marble base

Provenance

[With]Graham Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1978.

Literature

E. Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, pp. 15, 163, no. 169, pl. 31, another example illustrated.
J.F. Hunter, et al., Paul Manship, Changing Taste in America, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1985, pp. 26-27, no. 14, another example illustrated.
J. Conner, J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture, Austin, Texas, 1989, p. 140, another example illustrated.
J. Manship, Paul Manship, New York, 1989, pp. 101, 104-05, 107, figs. 95-96, another example illustrated.
H. Rand, Paul Manship, Washington, D.C., 1989, pp. 61, 63-67, fig. 56, another example illustrated.
S. Rather, Archaism, Modernism, and the Art of Paul Manship, Austin, Texas, 1993, p. 158, fig. 92, another example illustrated.

Sale room notice

Please note the inscription under the base reads 'RBW/No. 8'.

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Lot Essay

According to Edwin Murtha, there are 20 casts of this version of Europa and the Bull. Two of these casts are in the permanent collections of the Galleries of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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