Live Auction 2146219th Century American Art
FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (1863-1937)
Lot 360 Property from a Private Collection, Laguna Niguel, California

FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (1863-1937)

Diana

Closed19 January 2023

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USD 12,000–18,000

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FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (1863-1937)
Diana
inscribed 'F. MacMonnies/1890/copyright 1894' and stamped with the Jaboeuf & Rouard foundry mark (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
31 in. (78.7 cm.) high
Modeled circa 1888-90; cast circa 1894.

D. Sole & Son, New York.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1992.
Sotheby's, New York, 17 September 2019, lot 59, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

While in Paris, Frederick William MacMonnies completed a life-sized plaster model of Diana in December 1888, which he exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1889. The model received honorable mention, and its favorable response inspired the artist to create bronze statuettes that were cast mainly by the Parisian foundries E. Gruet and Jaboeuf et Rouard beginning in 1890.