Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
Property from the Mount Carroll Township Public Library Sold to Benefit Development Funds
Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)

'Nathan Hale'

Details
Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
'Nathan Hale'
inscribed 'F. MacMonnies 1890' (along the base)--stamped 'AVENUE DE CHATILLON/PARIS/44/E.GRUET/JEUNE/FONDEUR' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
28¼ in. (71.8 cm.) high
Literature
L. Taft, The History of American Sculpture, New York, 1903, pp. 336, 339, pl. X, another example illustrated.
W. Craven, Sculpture in America, New York, 1968, p. 456, another example illustrated.
F. Fried, New York Civic Sculpture: A Pictorial Guide, New York, 1976, p. 13, another example illustrated.
L.A. Shepard, F. Trapp, A Summary Catalogue of the Collection at the Meade Art Gallery, Middletown, Connecticut, 1978, p. 130, another example illustrated.
C.A. Cibulka, Marble and Bronze: 100 Years of American Sculpture 1840-1940, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1984, p. 17, another example illustrated.
J.A. Gordon, Cast in the Shadow: Models for Public Sculpture in America, exhibition catalogue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1986, pp. 48-50, another example illustrated.
J. Conner, J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 126, 128, 129, another example illustrated.
W.H. Gerdts, et al., Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1869-1915, Evanston, Illinois, 1992, p. 62, another example illustrated.
M. Smart, E.A. Gordon, A Flight with Fame: The Life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937), Madison, Connecticut, 1996, pp. 74, 85-89, 91, 99, 102-05, 116, 136-37, 157, 188, 201, 210, 256, 270, no. 24, other examples illustrated.
E.A. Gordon, The Sculpture of Frederick William MacMonnies: A Critical Catalogue, Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1998, pp. 133-37, no. 24, pls. 24.3, 24.4, other examples illustrated.
T. Tolles, ed., American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865, vol. I, New York, 1999, pp. 434-36, another example illustrated.
C. Rosenkranz, LLC, Conner Rosenkranz, Selcetions from Thirty Years, Concord, New Hampshire, pp. 34-35, another example illustrated.

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