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Diana

Artist Paul Howard Manship American, 1885–1966

Date1925

MediumBronze with gilding

Dimensions63 3/16 x 42 3/4 x 17 in. (160.5 x 108.6 x 43.2 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Ann and Jim Goodnight

Object number2016.8.4/1

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On view

ProvenanceThe artist, New York, NY; sold to private collection, Greenwich, CT, ca. 1930; [Unidentified sale, NY or CT, ca. 1956]; [sold to Florentine Craftsmen, New York, NY, ca. 1956]; [with Friend-Piper Furniture Studios, Shreveport, LA, 1957]; sold to Richard W. Norton Jr. (1919–1974), Shreveport, LA, 1957; bequeathed to wife Margaret Lewis Norton (1923–2005), Shreveport, LA; to estate of Margaret L. Norton, 2005; [Conner·Rosenkranz, New York, NY, by 2010]; sold to Dr. and Mrs. James H. Goodnight, Cary, NC, 2010; on loan to NCMA, 2010–2015; given to NCMA, 2015.Published ReferencesConner·Rosenkranz: Selections from Thirty Years, 1980–2010 (New York: Conner·Rosenkranz, 2011), illus. (b-w) 76, 78 (detail).

John W. Coffey and Laura Fravel, A Preliminary Catalogue of the Art Collection of Ann and Jim Goodnight (Privately printed [NCMA] 2014), no. 22, illus. (color).

John Coffey, “Paul Manship’s Diana and Actaeon,” in North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 2014), 22–25, illus. (color) 22 and large detail (color) 24.

Entry for Paul Manship “Diana,” (different cast) American Art (auction catalogue) (New York: Christie’s, November 22, 2016), discussed 15.

Lauren Moseley, "Diana" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 120.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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