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Label Text: A leading advocate of the Art Deco aesthetic, Paul Manship embraced the streamlined features of archaic Greek art, often using them to achieve a sense of contour and rhythm in his sculptural compositions. For instance, the child and woman in this sculpture have almond-shaped eyes and stylized hair, features that were common in Egyptian and early Greek art, and the woman’s patterned drapery gives the sculpture a sense of movement. In addition to popularizing small bronzes that could be displayed in the home, Manship also became known for his many public commissions, including the gilded sculpture Prometheus (1933) alighting New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza and the gates of the Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gateway at the entrance to the Bronx Zoo. VM, 2014
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