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Lot Essay
Pan of Rohallion, the first of a series of fountain figures sculpted by MacMonnies in the 1890s, was originally designed for Howard Adams’ Rohallion Estate in Seabright, New Jersey (it is now privately owned and on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). One of the artist's most successful models, it was edited by both French and American foundries in several sizes: ten inches, fifteen inches and thirty inches high and sold through Paris and New York dealer, particularly Durand-Ruel and Theodore B. Starr.
Born in Brooklyn, MacMonnies, went to Paris in 1884 and his studies under Jean-Léon Gérôme, Joseph Falguière and Antonie Mercié culminated in his winning the Prix d’Atelier and exhibiting a lifesize plaster of Diana at the 1889 Salon. Thereafter winning many prestigious private and state commissions in his homeland he pursued an illustrious career and was recognised as a French Chevalier (1896) and Commandeur (1933) of the Legion of Honour.
Born in Brooklyn, MacMonnies, went to Paris in 1884 and his studies under Jean-Léon Gérôme, Joseph Falguière and Antonie Mercié culminated in his winning the Prix d’Atelier and exhibiting a lifesize plaster of Diana at the 1889 Salon. Thereafter winning many prestigious private and state commissions in his homeland he pursued an illustrious career and was recognised as a French Chevalier (1896) and Commandeur (1933) of the Legion of Honour.