Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
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FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (1863-1937)

Young Faun with Heron

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FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (1863-1937)
Young Faun with Heron
inscribed 'Frederick MacMonnies/Copyright 1894 Paris 1890' and stamped with foundry mark 'E. GRUET/JEUNE/FONDEUR/·44 BIS AVENUE DE CHATILLON·PARIS' (on top of the base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
26 3⁄4 in. (67.9 cm.) high
Modeled in 1890.
Provenance
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 30 January 1980, lot 339.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
A.T.E. Gardner, American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1965, p. 82, fig. 27.21.8, another example illustrated.
H. Berman, Bronzes, Sculptors & Founders 1800-1930, Chicago, Illinois, 1977, vol. III, p. 725, no. 2631, another example referenced.
K. Solender, The American Way in Sculpture, 1890-1930, exhibition catalogue, Cleveland, Ohio, 1986, n.p., no. 8, another example referenced.
J. Connor, J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 126-27, another example illustrated.
W.H. Gerdts, Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865-1915, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1992, p. 60, another example referenced.
M. Smart, A Flight with Fame: The Life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937), Madison, Connecticut, 1996, pp. 85, 91, 92, 99, 106, 149, 150, another example illustrated.
E.A. Gordon, The Sculpture of Frederick WIlliam MacMonnies: A Critical Catalogue, pt. 1, Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1998, pp. 127-130, no. 23, another example referenced.
J. Connor, American Sculpture 1845-1925, New York, 1999, pp. 20, 22-23, 60, another example illustrated.
T. Tolles, American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1999, p. 432, no. 194, another example illustrated.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that this lot will be offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Frederick MacMonnies originally created an approximately 80 inch high version of Young Faun with Heron as a commission for Joseph H. Choate's estate in Stockbridge, Massachusetts known as Naumkeag. The sculpture became the artist's first to win prizes in both America and Europe. As a result, the artist produced bronze reductions cast by both Gruet in Paris and Roman Bronze Works in New York.

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