Lyric Muse, 1912

  • Paul Manship, American, 1885-1966
  • Roman Bronze Works, N.Y., founded 1899, active 19th-20th century

Bronze

  • Overall: 13 inches (33 cm) Overall (base): 7 × 6 inches (17.8 × 15.2 cm)

Gift of George G. Booth

19.44

Department

American Art before 1950

Signed and dated, on top of base beneath the proper left leg: PAUL MANSHIP | ©. ROMA 1912

Inscribed,in blue crayon on underside: 1906 IInscribed, in red paint on underside: 7.16 Inscribed, on top of base beneath the proper left leg: PAUL MANSHIP | ©. ROMA 1912

George G. Booth

1919-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Sculpture by Paul Manship. Exh. cat., Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1915, p. 3, no. 6. "Bronzes by Paul Manship." Bulletin of the DMA 10, 7: p. 3. "New Bronzes in the George G. Booth Collection." Bulletin of the DMA 11, 2-3 (November-December 1919): p. 22. Bulletin of the DIA 1, 2 (November 1919): p. 23. Murtha, Edwin. Paul Manship. New York, 1957, no. 19 (pl. 4, ill. of an unidentified example). Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1976, no. 87, p. 101. Greenthal, Kathryn et. al. American Figurative Sculpture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, 1986, pp. 402-403, no. 136 (ill. of MFA example).

Paul Manship; Roman Bronze Works, N.Y., Lyric Muse, 1912, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of George G. Booth, 19.44.