Pauline Frances

Paul Manship

1914 · Marble, polychromed and gilt bronze frame · Modern and Contemporary Art

Manship created this portrait of his firstborn child Pauline Frances when she was three weeks old. The realistically depicted life-size half-figure of the infant is wrapped in a blanket, which envelops her head and cascades down her sides. The marble is ensconced in an elaborate gilt and polychromed cast-bronze frame, which features low reliefs of musicians and real and mythical birds and animals. The architectural format reflects the strong influence of early Italian Renaissance decorative conventions in Manship’s portrait work.

Artist

Paul Manship

Date

1914

Medium

Marble, polychromed and gilt bronze frame

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Edward F. Dwight, 1916