Paul Manship

Private Collection, New York

Thence by descent to the present owner

Paul Vitry, Paul Manship: Sculpteur américain, Paris, 1927, p. 35 and pl. 3, illustration of another cast

Paul Manship, American Sculptors Series 2: Paul Manship, New York, 1947, p. 7, illustration of another cast

Edwin Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, no. 18, pp. 11, 19 and 31, pl. 7, illustration of another cast; p. 150

Harry Rand, Paul Manship, Washington, D.C., 1989, pp. 32 and 34, figs. 21-22, illustration in color of another cast; p. 35, fig. 23, illustration of another cast

John Manship, Paul Manship, New York, 1989, pp. 37 and 39, pl. 27, illustration in color of another cast; pp. 45 and 53

Susan Rather, Archaism, Modernism, and the Art of Paul Manship, Austin, 1993, pp. 85 and 92

Exh. Cat., New York, Gerald Peters Gallery, Paul Manship and His Circle, 2006, p. 12, illustration in color of another cast

Little Brother is a profound example of the artist's earlier work displaying Paul Manship's stylized blend of Neoclassicism and Art Deco. The present work was conceived in 1912 as an edition of 15 during Manship's studies at the American Academy in Rome and has since become one of his better known forms. An intimate scene capturing a playful moment between sister and brother, this cast is a triumphant exhibition of Manship's unique parcel gilt technique and decorative patterning.