Cycle of Life (Armillary Sphere) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1362
People: Paul Manship, American (St. Paul, MN 1885 - 1966 New York, NY)
Title: Cycle of Life (Armillary Sphere)
Other Titles: Former Title: Humanity and Eternity
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 1918
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/311557

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze, dark brown, specks of green patina

Dimensions

73 x 63.5 x 74.3 cm (28 3/4 x 25 x 29 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: edge of bronze base: Paul Manship 1918
inscription: On left side, lowest riser of bronze base: Roman Bronze Works, Inc., NY

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Paul Manship, New York, New York; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], sold; to Greville Lindall Winthrop, New York, New York, 1918, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1362

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Edwin Murtha, Paul Manship, The Macmillan Company (New York, NY, 1957), no. 111

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