Forging America: The Wolf Family Collection
Forging America: The Wolf Family Collection
Paul Howard Manship
King Pelican
Auction Closed
April 20, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Paul Howard Manship
1885 - 1966
King Pelican
inscribed P·M· © 1932 / A·C· (on the base); stamped PRIESSMANN BAUER & Co., inscribed MUNICH BAVARIA and numbered 2. (along the base)
bronze
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high on a 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) lapis lazuli veneered base
Conceived in 1932.
Parke-Bernet 84, New York, May 2, 1978, lot 199
Wolf Family Collection No. 0251 (acquired from the above)
Exh. Cat., New York, Averell House, Sculptures of Paul Manship, 1933, no. 44, p. 20, another cast listed
Edwin Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, no. 318, p. 178, fig. 9, p. 155, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota Museum of Art, Paul Manship: An Intimate View, 1972, no. 71, p. 59, illustration of another cast
Edwin Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, no. 318, p. 178, fig. 9, p. 155, illustration of another cast
Exh. Cat., St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota Museum of Art, Paul Manship: An Intimate View, 1972, no. 71, p. 59, illustration of another cast