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FREDERICK MACMONNIES Pan of Rohallion.
Bronze, 1890. 260 mm; 10 1/4 inches (height). With the artist's signature and date incised on the sphere and numbered 81 on the underside. Cast by H. Rouard Foundeur, Paris, with the foundry mark on the sphere.
Provenance: Private collection, New York.
Published Smart and Gordon, A Flight with Fame: The Life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies: With a Catalogue Raisonné of the Artist's Works, Madison, Connecticut, 1996, pages 85, 89-90, 92, 99, 106, 150, 156, 237 and 288 (other examples illustrated).
The current work is the design for a larger fountain figure by MacMonnies (1863-1937), made for the private estate "Rohallion" belonging to Howard Adams in Seabright, New Jersey. One of the artist's most successful models, it was edited by both French and American foundries in several sizes and sold through Paris and New York art dealers, particularly Durand-Ruel and Theodore B. Starr.
