Paul Manship, Signed (5 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. This is an about very good softcover copy in the original pale green publisher's printed wrappers. Small blemish on front cover from old price sticker removal, not affecting printed titles. This report was SIGNED by several committee members: Paul Manship, Paul P. Cret and John Holabird and one other man, and presented to an individual, only identified as Samuel. Otherwise completely clean. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 8" wide, 159 pages. This catalog will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. Signed by Artist.

Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Thirty-page pamphlet. In stamp on front wrapper and page 1; covers lightly soiled; one cover corner slightly creased. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The author/artist inscribed/signed this volume on the front free end paper to artist, illustrator Thornton Oakley whose wife Amy Oakley was an author. Mr. Oakly attended the University of Pennsylvania and worked with Howard Pyle. Also included is a note to Mr. Oakley from Mr. Manship related to the mailing of this book. There are 62 pages with black-and-white images and text in this 5 by 6 1/2 inch volume The lettering on the cloth spine is faded and there is some light soiling, top layer paper loss and wear to the edges of the paper covered boards.There is also some toning to the gray end papers. The binding remains tight and there are no marks internally to this volume. Please look at the images carefully, and ask questions about this item prior to making a purchase, thank you. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Condition: Very Good. Manship, Paul (illustrator). Archive of Signed Photographs and Letters by Paul Manship, American Sculptor, Paul Manship, N.P., circa 1930s. Includes: Five typed letters signed by Manship to Max Safron regarding Manship's potential design and creation of an equestrian statue of General John Pershing. Eight typed retained copies of letters from Safron to Manship dated between April 28, 1938, and December 8, 1938, with the last asking Manship to sign a contract making Safron his agent for a 15 percent commission. Eleven large black and white photographs of sculptures by Manfield, including the Soldier's Monument at the American Cemetery in Thiancourt, France; this and two of the other photographs noted and signed by Manship on verso. Folder with two black and white double sided plate reprints from Architecture Magazine, September 1934 issue, of Manfield's Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gates sculpture at the New York Zoological Park. A very good copy of the book Sculpture by Paul Manship, published 1933 by Averell House. Most items stored in plastic sleeves; some photographs have dried adhesive to back; lot in very good condition. Paul Manship (1885-1966) was an American sculptor and a major contributor to the Art Deco movement. His sculptures tended toward a Neoclassical, mythological style with clean shapes and simple, flowing lines. Among his most well-known public commissions are Prometheus in the fountain at Rockefeller Center and the Celestial Sphere Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva, Switzerland. Manship, who had begun drawing at a young age, emulating his older brother who worked as an engraver, attended the Saint Paul School of Art as a painter, but was stymied by his color blindness. He decided instead to pursue a career in sculpture, and the rest is history.

The huge golden Prometheus figure in the fountain in front of Rockefeller Plaza in New York (1934) is one of this sculptor's best known works. ALS "Paul M," 1p, 6" X 7", New York, NY, 1961 October 23. Addressed to Carl Haverlin, president of music licensing giant Broadcast Music Inc. Fine. Regards the stir caused by the New York Civil War Centennial Commission's effort to have a casting of Manship's 1937 equestrian statue of General Ulysses S. Grant erected in front of Grant's Tomb: "Enclosed please find the letter I have just received from Mrs. Wm. Pigott Cronan, Gen. U.S. Grant's Grandaughter." Boldly penned in blue ballpoint. Also present is a copy of Cronan's letter of support, some newspaper clippings regarding the controversy and a few miscellaneous papers. Accompanied by a fine 10" X 8" glossy photograph showing Manship, Haverlin and Bruce Catton examining a scale model of the Grant statue. Superb little collection regarding this controversial proposal.