Reclining Nude
Artist
Paul Manship
(American, 1885 - 1966)
Manufacturer
Roman Bronze Works
(American)
CultureAmerican
Date1921
MediumBronze cast
DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (39.4 x 23.5 x 17.1 cm)
InscribedInscribed on the reverse of the figure: ;
PAUL MANSHIP;
© 1921 N° 3
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1092
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, 282, 1, 10 SHELF 3
Label TextPaul Manship American, 1885–1966 Reclining Nude, 1921 Bronze cast by Roman Bronze Works, White Plains, New York Smooth, polished bronze surfaces catch the light to emphasize the graceful curves of this young woman’s body. Although nudity gives Paul Manship’s statuette a timeless elegance, the bobbed haircut shows his subject is fashionably up-to-date. Such celebrations of the human form in a streamlined, Art Deco style provided the 1920s boom years with a new visual language of modern goddesses and heroes. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.1092 ProvenanceSavoy Art and Auction Gallery, February 1962, no. 804, item no. 151; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to The Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. Published ReferencesEdwin Murtha, _Paul Manship_ (New York: Macmillan, 1957), 161, no. 136. Dennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 199. Martha N. Hagood and Jefferson C. Harrison, _American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005), 164, no. 102. ISBN: 0-940744-71-6
