Paul Manship Sculptures

Boldly and brilliantly sculpted in high relief, this depiction of the classic symbol of the Zodiac sign of Sagittarius -- a centaur with drawn bow and flying arrow -- was sculpted by...

A rare, and possibly unique, Art Deco period bronze sculpture, "Moods of Time" (Night) by Paul Howard Manship (1886-1966), designed for the 1939 New York World's Fair, on original marble base. Literature: Edwin Murtha, Paul Manship, New York, 1957, p.181 "FIGURES OF NIGHT. THE TWO MALE FIGURES FROM NO. 385 FLYING WITH CLOUDS'. Gilded bronze group 1938. Provenance: Purchased DIRECTLY from Paul Manship in 1958, with supporting documentation available. Paul Manship was "the country's most famous exponent of Art Deco. He embraced archaic vocabularies of Greek, Roman, and Indian art to create decorative, stylized, Neoclassical works. The statue in the fountain in New York City's Rockefeller Plaza, Prometheus (1933, is one of his famous works." Others are in major museums and collections worldwide. (Source: The Smithsonian Institution biography of the artist: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=3096) "The four allegorical figures, representing Morning, Day, Evening, and Night, were created for the 1939-40 New York World's Fair as hour markers in a large sundial...

A rare Art Deco period bronze sculpture, "Moods of Time" (Night) by Paul Howard Manship (1886-1966), designed for the 1939 New York World's Fair, on original marble base. Paul Manship was "the country's most famous exponent of Art Deco. He embraced archaic vocabularies of Greek, Roman, and Indian art to create decorative, stylized, Neoclassical works. The statue in the fountain in New York City's Rockefeller Plaza, Prometheus (1933, is one of his famous works." Others are in major museums and collections worldwide. (Source: The Smithsonian Institution biography of the artist: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=3096) "The four allegorical figures, representing Morning, Day, Evening, and Night, were created for the 1939-40 New York World's Fair as hour markers in a large sundial...