Flight of Night
1918
Sculptor, American, 1885 - 1966
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 88.9 × 78.74 × 23.5 cm (35 × 31 × 9 1/4 in.)
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Accession
2014.136.252
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Scott & Fowles); purchased 18 October 1918 by James Parmelee [1855-1931]; bequest 1941 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1975
150th Anniversary of the National Academy of Design, National Collection of Fine Arts (now Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, 1975.
2002
Picturing the Corcoran's Sculpture: Photographs by David Finn, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 3 November - 30 December 2000, no. 58, repro.
Inscriptions
on base: PAUL MANSHIP / © 1918; foundry mark: ROMAN BRONZE NY
Markings
FM: Roman Bronze Works
Wikidata ID
Q63864311