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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1362
People
Paul Manship, American (St. Paul, MN 1885 - 1966 New York, NY)
Title
Cycle of Life (Armillary Sphere)
Other Titles
Former Title: Humanity and Eternity
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1918
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311557

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze, dark brown, specks of green patina
Dimensions
73 x 63.5 x 74.3 cm (28 3/4 x 25 x 29 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: edge of bronze base: Paul Manship 1918
  • inscription: On left side, lowest riser of bronze base: Roman Bronze Works, Inc., NY

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul Manship, New York, New York; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], sold; to Greville Lindall Winthrop, New York, New York, 1918, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1362
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Murtha, Paul Manship, The Macmillan Company (New York, NY, 1957), no. 111

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