Paul Manship

Black cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear, one small repaired tear to top left of front of jacket, and some sunning to spine. 214pp. 199 illustratons, many in colour. This book was the first complete overview of the life and work of the American sculptor Paul Manship (1885-1966), whose work presaged Art Deco, and whose best known works include the Prometheus fountain at the centre of New York's Rockefeller Center, and his rhythmic Diana and Actaeon figures. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall