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Beauty, (sculpture). Artist:  MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937, sculptor. Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929, designer. Norcross Brothers, fabricator. Title:  Beauty, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1911-1917. 1920. Installed April 28, 1921. Medium:  Sculpture: Carrara marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 120 x 68 x 46 in.; Base: approx. 58 x 153 x 53 in. Inscription:  (On sculpture, lower proper left side:) MAC MONNIES 1920 signed Description:  One of two figures located in fountain niches on either side of the entrance. Beauty, a nude female figure, is seated on the winged horse, Pegasus. Water pours from the mouth of a satyr mask located on the front of the base. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Pegasus Allegory -- Quality -- Beauty Figure female -- Nude Figure female -- Full length Object Type:  Architectural component Fountain Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Department of General Services, One Centre Street, New York, New York 10007 Located New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, New York, New York 10018 Remarks:  Inscription carved in stone above the sculpture reads BEAUTY/OLD YET EVER NEW/ETERNAL VOICE/AND INWARD WORD Mary Smart's "A Flight with Fame" indicates that Thomas Hastings designed the niche, fountain basins, and decorations and that the Norcross Brothers did not carve this work. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 New York Public Library, 1988. Lydenberg, Harry Miller, "History of the New York Public Library," Boston: Gregg Press, 1972. Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 158. Smart, Mary, "A Flight with Fame: the life and art of Frederick MacMonnies, with a Catalogue Raisonne of Sculpture and a Checklist of Paintings by E. Adina Gordon," Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1996, no. 89. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Reed, Henry Hope, "The New York Public Library: Its Architecture and Decoration," New York: Norton, 1986, pg. 56. Related Works:  Companion to: 76007040. For study see: 88620142. For sketch see: 88620157. For sketch see: 88620158. For sketch see: 88620159. For sketch see: 88620160. For sketch see: 88620161. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 76007040   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76007040 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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