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THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
AN EXHIBITION OF
AMERICAN SCULPTURE
NEW YORK MCMXVIII
AMERICAN SCULPTURE
YOUNG SOPHOCLES
BY JOHN DONOGHUE
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
AN EXHIBITION OF
AMERICAN SCULPTURE
NEW YORK MCMXVIII
COPYRIGHT BY
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
MARCH, 1918
COMMITTEE ON SELECTION AND ARRANGEMENT
DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, Chairman
EDWARD D. ADAMS
GEORGE F. BAKER
GEORGE BLUMENTHAL
\VILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN
HERBERT ADAMS
EDWARD ROBINSON
JAMES E. FRASER
A. A. WEINMAN
NOTE
The exhibition of American sculpture here catalogued comprises the best works of the sculptors represented, so far as they could be procured. Some of these are the property of the Museum by gift or purchase; but a large
number have been generously lent by the sculptors them- selves or by the institutions into whose possession they have passed. It is intended to make the exhibition a permanent
exposition of American sculpture, but as the exhibiting sculptors cannot in all cases donate their work to the Museum, it will be necessary to retire some of the exhibits from time to time, with the expectation of replacing them with other examples by the same or other artists.
CATALOGUE
ADAMS, HERBERT, born 1858 1 MRS. HERBERT ADAMS
Bust, marble; h. 2712 in. Signed: ADAMS . PARIS . 1889.
2 NYMPH
Statue, plaster; h. 70 in. Signed: HERBERT ADAMS MCMXVI.
3 TYMPANUM, Saint Bartholomew's Church, New York City
Relief, plaster; h. 3912 in., w. 7212 in. Signed: HERBERT ADAMS.
AITKEN, ROBERT INGERSOLL, born 1878 4 DREGS OF LOVE Statuette, marble; h. 22j in.
5 FAUN SUN DIAL
Statue, bronze; h. 43 in. Signed: All KEN.
BARNARD, GEORGE GREY, born 1863 6 WOMAN
Statue, plaster; h. 71/ in.
BAR TLETT, PAUL WAYLANI), born 1865 7 DETAIL, PEDIMENT IN CNIIED STATES CAPITOL
Statue, plaster, colored; h. 47 in. Signed: Paul W. Bartlett.
8 MICHAEL ANGELO
Original bronze in the Library of Congress. Statue, plaster. Not received at date of publication.
9 STUDY OF A HEAD
Bust, plaster. Not received at date of publication.
ON TIME TIIRESIIOLD
BY EDITH WOODMAN 13URROUGHS
NYMPH BY HERBERT ADAMS
4AMERICANSCULPTURE
BEACH, CHESTER, born 1881 10 SACRED FIRE
Statue, marble; h. 6612 in.
BITTER, KARL, (1867-1915) if GOOSE
GIRL
Group, plaster; Ii. txj4' in. Signed: Karl Ritter 1914.
12 PANEL: THOMAS LOWRY MEMORIAL
Relief, plaster, colored; h. 40Y2 in.
13 PANEL: THOMAS LOWRY MEMORIAL
Relief, plaster, colored; h. 40x2 in.
BORGLUM, JOHN GUTZON DE LA MOT HE, born 1867
14
15
INSPIRATION
Statue, marble; h. 74 Tz in.
THI; POT OF BASIL
Statuette, marble; Ii. 25! '2 in.
BORGLUM, SOLON HANNIBAL, born 1868
16 ASPIRATION
Statuette, plaster, colored; Ii. 38 in. Signed: Solon H Borglurn.
17 WASHINGTON, 1753
Group, bronze; h. 20 in. Signed: Solon H Borglum.
BURROUGHS, EDITH WOODMAN (1871-1916) 18 ON THE THRESHOLD Statue, plaster, colored; h. 62/ in.
CALDER, ALEXANDER STIRLING, born 1870
19 DECORATIVE FIGURE
Statue, plaster, colored; li. 44/ in.
20 THE MAN CUB
Statuette, plaster, colored; h. 45 in.
AMERICAN SCULPTURE 5
DONOGHUE, JOHN (1853-1903) 21 YOUNG SOPHOCLES
Original bronze owned by the Art Institute of Chicago.
Statue, plaster; h. 86 in. Inscribed: =A. taMts 1O4O-
KAHt. Purchase, Stokes Fund, 1917.
RFCI'\11S1NIFIGI'RF. OF A1RI. EII7ABETIi 1301)111 DIWEN ECK
B\ I RANK V U\'I: NLCK
DUVFNFCK, FRANK, born 1848 22 RECUMBENT FIGURE OF NIRS. ELI7ABE'IH Boo'IH DUVEN-
FCK
A cope of the memorial statue of Mrs. Duveneck in the English Cemetery in Florence. Statue, plaster; 1.82Y2 in., W. 34 in.
Signed: Frank Duveneck. -1891- Gift of Frank Duveneck, 1917.
EVANS, RUDOLPH, CONTEMPORARY 23 THE GOLDEN HOUR
Statue, bronze gilded; h. 102 in. with pedestal. In-
scribed on a tablet: THE GOLDEN HOUR BY RVDVLPH
EVANS-ORIGINAL BRONZE CAST-AWARDED MEDAL IN PARIS
SALON 1914-REPLICA ACQUIRED BY THE FRENCH GOVERN-
MENT.
IHE GOLDEN HOUR BY RUDOLPH EVANS
END OF THE TRAIL
BY JAMES EARLE FRASER
AMERICANSCULPTURE
FRASER, JAMES EARLE, born 1876 24 END OF THE TRAIL
Statue, plaster; h. 67 in. 25 PLAQUE: FLORA AND SONNY BOY WIIITNEY
Relief, plaster, colored; h. 59 in. Inscribed: FLORA " AND
SONNY-BOY WHITNEY. Signed: FRASER 1907.
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER, born 1850 26 THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE SCULPTOR
Erected in marble as a memorial to Martin Milniore in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston. Relief, plaster; h. 92 in.
FRIEDLANDER, LEO, CONTEMPORARY 27 BACCHANTE
Statuette, bronze; h. 1912 in. Signed: LEO FRIEDLANDER
sc 16.
FRY, SHERRY EDMUNDSON, born 1879 28 GEROME BRUSH
Bust, bronze, with marble base; h. with base, ISs in.
Inscribed: c. BRUSH. Signed: FRY.
20 MAIDENHOOD
Statue, bronze; h. 68/ in. Signed: SE FRY.
30 UNFINISHED FIGURE
Statue, plaster; h. 683 in.
GARDIN, LAURA (MRS. J. F. 1=RASER), horn i88o ;I SATYR AND NYMPH
Group, terracotta; h. 46 in.
GRAFLY, CHARLES, born 1862
32 PAUL BARTLETT Bust, bronze with marble base; h. with base, 26, q in,
Signed: GRAFLY-Ig16.
THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE SCULPTOR
BY DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
10 AMERICAN SCULPTURE
33 FRANK DUVENECK
Bust, bronze; h. 27I2 in. Inscribed: FRANK DUVENECK
MADE-AT-FOLLY COVE-CAPE ANN-MASSACHUSETTS-AUGUST
1915. Signed: Charles Gra(ly.
GRIMES, FRANCES, CONTEMPORARY 34 SINGING GIRL: BAS-RELIEF FOR FOUNTAIN
Marble; w. 45 in., h. 34 in.
35 SINGING GIRL: BAS-RELIEF FOR FOUNTAIN
Marble; w. 45 in., Ii. 34 in.
HOARD, MARGARET, CONTEMPORARY
36 EVE Statuette, marble; h. 14 in. Signed: Margaret Hoard igiq.
HOFFMAN, MALVINA, born 1887
37 PAVLOWA GAVOTTE Statuette, wax. Not received at date of publication.
38 FOUNTAIN: SHIVERING GIR1.
Statue, bronze; h. 39 in.
HYATT, ANNA VAUGHN, born 1876
39 REACHING PANTHER
Statue, plaster, colored; h. 43Y2 in.
40 JOAN OF ARC
A reduction of the equestrian statue erected on Riverside Drive, New York City. Statuette, bronze; h. 20! 4/ in. Signed: Anna V Hyatt.
NECK, CHARLES, born 1574 41 ELIHU VEDDER
Bust, bronze; h. 2232 in. Signed: C. Keck, Sc. Rome.
KONTI; ISIDORE, born I862 42 FOUNTAIN: MOTHER AND CHILD
Group, marble; h. 523 in.
MAIL) NtlUU LJ
BY SHERRY E. FRY
FOUNTAIN: PAN
BY I'i)WARI) M(. (ARIAN
THE SUN VOW
BY HERMON A. MACNEIL
14 A. ti 11iRICANSC111.1'llRF.
KORBEL, JOSEPH MARIO, CONTEMPORARY 43 DANCING GIRLS
Group, bronze; h. 273 III. Signed: MARIO KORBEL 1917.
LAESSLE, ALBERT, born 1877
44 BILLY Statuette, bronze; h. 2512 in. Signed: ALBERT LAESSLE GERSIANTOWN Pill LADEI. PHIA.
1914.
45 AN OUTCAST
Statuette, bronze with marble base; h. 82 in. with base.
Signed: A LAESSLE PARIS 1907.
46 BRONZE TURKEY
Statuette, bronze, with marble base; h. 3z, in. Signed: ALBERT- I. AESSLE GTN. I'HILA.
LONGMAN, EVELYN BEE: ATRICE, horn 1874 47 CONSECRATION
Group, plaster; h. 37/ in.
48 LouisE Bust, marble; h. 215//8 in.
Signed: EVELYN BEATRICE LONGMAN. SC. 1Q10. Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago.
LUKEMAN, AUGUSTUS, born 1870
qO FINDING OF MOSES
Group, p'aster; h. 2212 in. Signed: AUGUSTU' L('KLMAN Si. I()(I;.
McCARTAN, EDWARI), born 187Q 50 FOUNTAIN: PAN
Statue, bronze; h. 56 in. Signed: F. McCartan.
MAC MONNIES, I IZI: I)t: IZICI W., horn 1865 51 FOUNTAIN: DUCK BABY
Statuette, bronze with marble base; h. 46 in.
GIRL WITH GAZELLES
BY PAUL H. MANSHIP
16 AMERICAN SCULPTURE
MAC NEIL, HERMON ATKINS, born 1866
52 THE SUN VOW Group, plaster; h. 6q in. Inscribed: THE SUN-vow.
Signed: HA MacNeil Sc Rome. R. R. S.
MANSHIP, PAUL. H., born 1886 53 GIRL WITH GAZELLES
Group, bronze; h. bq?:. Signed: PAUL MANSHIP 1916.
54 INDIAN AND PRONGHORN ANTELOPE
Two figures, plaster, colored; h. 56, "' in. Si ncl: Pall. M SHII. MI ;.
-i II ri\,, iv
BY IIM 'AR I) (. I. AKR I'uIII, K
NIEHAUS, CHARLES HENRY, born 1855 55 THE SCRAPER
Statue, bronze; h. qq!, z in. Signed: CH Niehaus 1883. Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1012.
O'CONNOR, ANDREW, born 1874
56 JLSTICE Statuette, plaster; It. 16 in.
57 MILITARY GLORY Bust, stone; h. 2I/ in. Signed: O'CONNOR.
58 SOLDIER-" 1898 WORCESTER"
Statue, plaster, colored; h. 97 in.
V*d /'
Tu{E VIRGIN
BY ANDREW O'CONNOR
18 AMERICAN SCULPTURE
59 THE VIRGIN
Bust, bronze; h. 18 in. Signed: O'CONNOR. Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1918.
PALMER, ERASTUS DOW (1817-1904)
6o WHITE CAPTIVE Statue, marble; h. 66 in. Signed: E. D. Palmer sc. 1859. Gift of Hamilton Fish, 1894.
PARSONS, EDITH BARRETTO STEVENS, born 1878 61 FOUNTAIN: DUCK GIRL
Statue, bronze; h. 58 in. Signed: E. BARREFTO PARSONS.
PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM ORI)WAY, born 1861 62 PEACE Bust, marble; h. 15, /2 in.
PICCIRILLI, AT'I'II_IO, born 1866 63 A SOUL Statue, marble; h. 53/4 in.
Signed: ATTILIO PICCIRILLI SCULPTOR.
64 FLOWER OF THE ALPS
Statue, marble; h. 50 in. Signed: Attilio Piccirilli New York 1915.
VS STUDY OF A HEAD
Bust, bronze with marble base; h. 20; 2/ in. with base.
POLASEK, ALBIN, born 1879 66 PASTORAL Statuette, bronze; h. 13 in.
POTTER, EDWARD CLARK, horn 1857 67 SLEEPING FAUN
Original marble owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. Statue, plaster; I. 39 in., w. 16 in. Signed: E. C. Potter.
SOLDIER-" 18918 WORCESTER"
BY ANDREW O'CONNOR
20 AMERICAN SCULPTURE
PRATT, BELA LYON (1867-1917)
68 MY MOTHER Bust, bronze; h. 23/ in. Signed: B. L. Pratt 1qi I.
69 ARTEMIS Statuette, bronze; h. 13'4 in. Inscribed: APTEMIt`. '
Signed: B. L. Pratt 1908.
70 SPRING
Statuette, bronze; h. 2714 in. Signed: Bela. Pratt.
PROCTOR, ALEXANDER PHIMISTER, born 1862
71 11GER Statue, plaster, gilded; Ii. 3; /z in.
Signed: ALEXR PHIMIS7ER I'RCICTIIR SCULP7OR MCMXII'.
PUTNAM, BRENDA, born 1890 72 CHARMIDES
Group, marble; h. 16 ; in. Signed: BRENDA PUTNAM. 1915.
RIMMF: R, WILLIAM, M. D. (1816-1879) 73 THE FALLING GLADIATOR
Statue, bronze; h. 6234 in. Signed: W. Rimmer, Sc. Purchase, Rogers Fund, tpo7.
ROT IL FREI)h: RICh GI: OR(h: RICHARD, horn 1872 4 CANDLESTICK:
THE BuTCHE. R Statuette, glazed stoneware; Ii. II/ in.
75 CANDLESTICK: THE CANDLESTICK MAKER
Statuette, glazed stoneware; h. 12"14' in.
76 CANDLESTICK: THE BAKER
Statuette, glazed stoneware: h. It Y2 in.
RUMSEY, CHARLES CARY, CONTF: MPORARY
77 D()(; SCRATCHING Statuette, bronze; h. (i/ in. Signed: C. C. Rumsey.
78 ARDI-N HOUND
Statuette, bronze; h. ; n3' in. Sign(-(]: C. C. Rumse'.
AMOR CARITAS
BY AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS
1i11',, 1,11 tit) BY COURTESY OF THE BROWN-ROBERTSON COMPANY
LPTUR E3 22A MFR ICANSCULPTURE
7o ARDEN HOUND
Statuette, bronze; Ii. 33-3 in. Signed: C. C. Rumsev.
SAINT-GAUDENS, AUGUSTUS (1848-11)o7)
8o ADAMS MONUMENT Erected in bronze in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington,
D. C. Statue, plaster; h. 73 in.
81 AMOR CARITAS
Relief, plaster; h. Ios in. Signed: AUGUSTUS. SAINT " GAUDLNS M. D"C"C -C C. LXXX.
SCUDDER, JANET, born 1873 82 FOUNTAIN: YOUNG DIANA
Statue, bronze; h. 81 in. Signed: JANLT SCUDDER.
TAFT, IA)RA1)0, born i86o 83 THE. SOLITUDE of THE SOUL
Group, plaster; h. 87 in.
\VARI), JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (183o-I91o)
84 T "F GOOD SAMARITAN The original model of the monument erected in the Public Garden, Boston, in 1866, to commemorate the first public demonstration of the use of ether as an anaesthetic. Group, plaster, colored; h. 71 M. Lent by the Polyclinic Hospital, New York City.
WARNER, OLIN LEVI (I844-I806)
85 : MSS MAUD MORGAN
Bust, bronze; h. 22Y4 in. Gift of the National Sculpture Society, 1898.
86 J. ALDEN WEIR
Bust, bronze; h. 22/ in. Inscribed: Alden Weir. Signed: Warner i88 o.
Gift of the National Sculpture Society, 1898.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD
24 AMERICAN SCU LI'TU RE
WEINMAN, ADOLPH ALEXANDER, born 1870 87 DESCENDING; Nu: H, r Statue, brunze; h. 55'2 in.
Signed: A"A" WEINMAN " FECIT " MCMXIV.
WHITNEY, GERTRUDE VANDERBII:, (: ONTEMI'U- RARY
88 FOUNTAIN GROUP
Bronze; h. 40 in. Signed: Gertrude V. Whitney 1913.
OF THIS CATALOGUE
ONE THOUSAND COPIES HAVE BEEN PRINTED
MARCH, 1018