Live Auction 2444Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
Lot 70

Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)

'Infant Faun'

Closed18 May 2011

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USD 27,500

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Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937)
'Infant Faun'
inscribed 'Frederick/Macmonnies' (on the reverse)--inscribed 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (along the base)--inscribed 'R.B.4.' (beneath the base)
bronze with greenish-brown patina
15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high
Conceived circa 1901-05.

The artist.
Private collection, gift from the above.
Private collection, New York.
Sotheby's, New York, 27 January 1984, lot 643.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

With the bronze base replaced by an identical one of granite, 'Infant Faun' became the central element of the 1908 Swan Memorial Fountain in Utica, New York. Other casts of 'Infant Faun' are currently in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York.