Evening

Paul Manship American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

Throughout his career Manship explored the theme of the passage of time in his work. Night is a statuette related to the sculptor’s outdoor commission for the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Monumental versions of Night, along with its companions Evening, Morning, and Day, were collectively titled the Moods of Time and installed in a reflecting pool near Manship’s Time and the Fates Sundial. He commented that Evening "symbolizes inertia—that time of inactivity before the movement of night begins, and the figure is falling asleep, with the shadows of evening over it."

Evening, Paul Manship (American, St. Paul, Minnesota 1885–1966 New York), Bronze, parcel gilt

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Evening, Paul Manship (American, St. Paul, Minnesota 1885–1966 New York), Bronze, parcel gilt
Evening, Paul Manship (American, St. Paul, Minnesota 1885–1966 New York), Bronze, parcel gilt

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