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FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (1863-1937)

Lot 328
23.01.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1360586
Lot 328 | FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (1863-1937)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (1863-1937)
Nathan Hale
inscribed 'F. MacMonnies 1890' and stamped with foundry mark 'Roman Bronze Works N-Y-' (along the base)—inscribed 'R.B.3' (underneath the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
27 ½ in. (69.9 cm.) high
Modeled circa 1890.




Provenance

Private collection, New Jersey.
Private collection, New Jersey, by descent from the above.
Christie’s, New York, 29 November 2007, lot 205, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.



Literature

L. Taft, The History of American Sculpture, New York, 1925, pp. 336, 339, pl. X, another example illustrated.
L.A. Shepherd, F. Trapp, American Art at Amherst: A Summary Catalogue of the Collection at the Mead Art Gallery, Middletown, Connecticut, 1978, p. 130, another example illustrated.
C.A. Cibulka, Marble and Bronze: 100 Years of American Sculpture, 1840-1940, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1984, p. 17, another example illustrated.
J.A. Gordon, Cast in the Shadow: Models for Public Sculpture in America, exhibition catalogue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1986, pp. 48-50, another example illustrated.
J. Conner, J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1939, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 126, 128-29, another example illustrated.
W.H. Gerdts, et al., Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1869-1915, Evanston, Illinois, 1992, pp. 61, 62, fig. 57, another example illustrated.
M. Smart, E.A. Gordon, A Flight with Fame: The Life and Art of Frederick William MacMonnies, Madison, Connecticut, 1996, pp. 74, 85-89, 91, 99, 102-05, 116, 136-37, 157, 188, 201, 210, 256, 289, no. 24, other examples illustrated.
E.A. Gordon, The Sculpture of Frederick William MacMonnies: A Critical Catalogue, Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1998, pp. 133-42, no. 24, pl. 24, other examples illustrated.
T. Tolles, ed., American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. I, New York, 1999, pp. 434-36, no. 195, another example illustrated.
C. Rosenkranz, Conner·Rosenkranz: Selections from Thirty Years, Concord, New Hampshire, 2001, pp. 34-35, another example illustrated.
S. Holt, "Memorializing Nathan Hale," The Magazine Antiques, July 4, 2024, illustrated.
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