Live Auction 2602American Art
Paul Howard Manship (1885-1966)
Lot 20

Paul Howard Manship (1885-1966)

'Europa and the Bull'

Closed28 November 2012

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USD 146,500

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Paul Howard Manship (1885-1966)
'Europa and the Bull'
inscribed 'P.MANSHIP. © 1924' (on the back)--inscribed 'RBW/No. 8' (under the base)
bronze with black patina and parcel gilding
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high on a 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) marble base

[With]Graham Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1978.

Specialist note

According to Edwin Murtha, there are 20 casts of this version of Europa and the Bull. Two of these casts are in the permanent collections of the Galleries of Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.