Night

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. A monumental version of Night, along with its companion groups Evening, Morning, and Day, collectively titled the Moods of Time, were installed in a reflecting pool near Manship’s Time and the Fates Sundial. He commented that Night "with the moon as its symbol, suggests the movement of the world of dreams and intangible things. The little figures accompanying the major nude figure of Night typify those things that reach out into space."

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

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

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