Paul Manship American, 1885-1966
Flight of Night, 1916
Bronze, dark brown patina
17 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches
45.1 x 36.8 x 11.1 cm
45.1 x 36.8 x 11.1 cm
Edition of 20
Signed on rear of bronze sphere: PAUL. MANSHIP © 1916; founder's mark near bottom of sphere: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y.
Provenance
Clyde C. Trees, New York (owner of the Medallic Art Company, New York), until 1960;By bequest to his widow, Frances K. Trees, 1960-2005;
By bequest to private collection, Atlanta, Georgia, until the present
Literature
cf. Edwin Murtha, Paul Manship, New York: Macmillan Company, 1957, p. 153, illus. p. 158 // cf. Gloria Kittleson, Paul Manship: Changing Taste in America, St. Paul: Minnesota Museum of Art, 1985, illus. p. 71 and cover // cf. Harry Rand, Paul Manship, Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution, 1989, pp. 117, 165, illus. p. 118
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