In Roman mythology, Diana was a daughter of Jupiter and the twin sister of the sun god, Apollo. A maiden goddess, she was associated with forests and the hunt, and artists often depicted her with a bow and arrows, a hound, or a stag. As Apollo’s sister, Diana also came to symbolize the moon (and the cycles of fertility); thus, she is often represented with a crescent moon in her hair. The elongated bodies of McCartan’s huntress and hound and the dark, glossy surface present a highly stylized interpretation of the subject.
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Marking: Foundry mark (side of base, below dog's hind paws): ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N–Y–/ Cast number (under base): No. 1
[Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1923; sold to MMA]
New York. Grand Central Art Galleries. "Initial Exhibition of the Works of Artist Members," opened March 21, 1923, no. 216 (as "Diane").
American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York. "Exhibition of Sculpture by Paul Manship, Works by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of 'Arts and Letters Grants'," May 19–June 29, 1945, no. 17.
New York. Sculpture Center. "Sculpture—The Tumultuous Quarter-Century," March 15–April 18, 1953, no. 58.
Corning Museum of Glass. "The Deerslayers," September 29–November 18, 1956, not in brochure.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Bronze Casting," June 11–November 3, 1991, not in brochure.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Human Figure in Transition, 1900–1945: American Sculpture from the Museum's Collection," April 15–September 28, 1997, extended to March 29, 1998, unnum. brochure.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Subjects and Symbols in American Sculpture: Selections from the Permanent Collection," April 11–August 20, 2000, no catalogue.
Albany. New York State Museum. "Cast Images: American Bronze Sculpture from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 20, 2007–February 24, 2008, not in brochure.
Augusta Owen Patterson. "Edward McCartan, Sculptor." International Studio 83 (January 1926), pp. 28–30, ill., calls it "Diana with the Hound".
Albert TenEyck Gardner. American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1965, pp. 138–39, ill.
Grace Glueck. "Of American Sculptors and the Human Figure." New York Times (June 6, 1997), p. C22, calls it "Diane".
Joan M. Marter inAmerican Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ed. Thayer Tolles. Vol. 2, A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1865 and 1885. New York and New Haven, 2001, pp. 638–39, no. 292, ill. (color).
Claes Oldenburg (American (born Sweden), Stockholm 1929–2022 New York)
1962
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