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Pauline Frances

Paul Manship American
1914
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pauline Frances
  • Artist: Paul Manship (American, St. Paul, Minnesota 1885–1966 New York)
  • Date: 1914
  • Medium: Marble, polychromed and gilt bronze frame
  • Dimensions: 13 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 4 1/2 in., 115 lb. (34.3 × 26 × 11.4 cm)
    Frame: 30 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (77.5 × 54.6 × 17.1 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Edward F. Dwight, 1916
  • Object Number: 16.42
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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