Wrestlers

Paul Manship

1915; cast probably 1916 · Bronze · Modern and Contemporary Art

Manship first explored the subject of wrestlers in 1908 while a student at the American Academy in Rome and already interested in subjects from antiquity. In this later work, two nude male figures are wrapped tightly together in combat in a low mass with their legs protruding. The hair is stylized and the anatomy is prominently delineated with special attention to the articulation of the athletes’ musculature.

Artist

Paul Manship

Date

1915; cast probably 1916

Medium

Bronze

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Edward D. Adams, 1927