Centaur and Dryad | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1928.164
People: Paul Manship, American (St. Paul, MN 1885 - 1966 New York, NY)
Title: Centaur and Dryad
Other Titles: Former Title: Centaur and Nymph
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 1913
Places: Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231837

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Technique

Cast

Dimensions

72.4 x 29.2 x 53.3 cm (28 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 21 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: on base: Paul Manship , Signed Date: 1913

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul Manship, New York, New York, sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (through Martin Birnbaum, [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York]), 1917, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year: 1928
Object Number: 1928.164
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Paul Vitry, Paul Manship Sculpteur Americain, Gazette des Beaux-Arts (Paris, France, 1927), p. 36, pl. 7, 8
Edwin Murtha, Paul Manship, The Macmillan Company (New York, NY, 1957), p. 150, pl. 2, no. 28

Exhibition History

The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/29/1995 - 05/13/2001

Verification Level

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1928.164: Centaur and Dryad