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Frederick William MacMonnies

Young Faun with Heron, model 1890, cast 1894/1904

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 69.85 × 38.1 × 27.94 cm (27 1/2 × 15 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Louis Shecter)

Accession Number

2015.19.3789

Artists / Makers

Frederick William MacMonnies (sculptor) American, 1863 - 1937

Image Use

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Inscription

on front right of base: Frederick MacMonnies / Paris 1890; on center back of base, a circular cachet, around circumference: 44BIS AVENUE DE CHATILLON.PARIS.; in center of circular cahchet: E GRUET / JEUNE / FONDEUR

Marks and Labels

FM: E. Gruet Jeune

Provenance

Probably purchased at auction in New York in the late 1930s by Louis E. Shecter [1901-1992], Baltimore;[1] gift 1966 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] Per notes of 11 April 2007 conversation with Alan Shecter, the donor's son, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Shecter, Louis E.

Exhibition History

1975: Academy: The Academic Tradition in American Art, An Exhibition Organized on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the National Academy of Design: 1825-1975, National Collection of Fine Arts (now Smithsonian American Art Museum), Washington, 6 June - 1 December 1975, no. 114, repro.

1990: Mercié in Context: The French Academic Tradition in American Public Sculpture, Marsh Gallery , University of Richmond, 10 October - 7 November 1990, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1993: Beaux-Arts to Moderne: Roots of Modern Sculpture, Fine Arts Program of the Federal Reserve Board, Washington, 22 June - 13 August 1993, no. 9.

2002: Picturing the Corcoran's Sculpture: Photographs by David Finn, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 3 November - 30 December 2002, fig. 43.

2009: American Bronzes from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 29 April 2009 - 2013, no catalogue.

2013: American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1970: Aymar, Brandt. The Young Male Figure in Paintings, Sculptures, and Drawings from Ancient Egypt to the Present. New York, 1970: 178.

1975: Cooper, Jeremy. Nineteenth Century Romantic Bronzes. Boston, 1975: 117.

1989: Conner, Janis, and Joel Rosenkranz. Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1938. Austin, 1989: 126.

2000: Cash, Sarah, with Terrie Sultan. American Treasures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. New York, 2000: 142, repro.