Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)

'Diana'

Details

Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
'Diana'
inscribed 'F. MacMonnies copyright 1894/1890 H. Rouard, Fondeur Paris France' (along the base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
19½ in. (49.6 cm.) high

Literature

M. Smart and E. A. Gordon, A Flight with Fame, The Life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies with a Catalogue Raisonné of Sculpture and a Checklist of Paintings, Madison, Connecticut, 1996, pp. 287-288, no. 20, illustration of another example

Lot Essay

Diana was first exhibited as a life size plaster in 1889 and copyrighted in 1894. While the artist utilized both French and American foundries to cast the model (in the present size and a larger version of 30½ inches high), he preferred the quality of the French casts.

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