Paul Manship: career timeline

American · 1885–1966 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 10 of 29 lots (34% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Paul Manship: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1910s	5	4	$15.7kSign up	Sculpture
1920s	4	3	$10.9kSign up	Sculpture
1950s	1	1	$7kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $15.7kSign up
Average: $207kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 8.5 in (46 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1912 Lyric MuseUnsold
1914 Drinking fountain for the AT&T Company headquarters, New York (Child in classical drapery with dolphins)$7kSign up
1914 Indian and Pronghorn Antelope$794kSign up
c. 1915 Rockport Art Association medal$1.3kSign up
c. 1917 Important Tester Panel$24.3kSign up

1920s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $10.9kSign up
Average: $32.9kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (4)
Subjects: —

1920 Bust of John BarrymoreUnsold
1922 Adam and Eve (Studies)$10.9kSign up
1922 (possibly) Vivian St George 1922$5.4kSign up
1924 Venus Anadyomene$82.5kSign up

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $7kSign up
Average: $7kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

1959 Caritas$7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

19 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $91.5kSign up
Average: $175kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Other (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

sold 2001 The Eleventh Medal$460Sign up
sold 2006 HerculesUnsold
sold 2009 Dancer and Gazelles$434kSign up
sold 2009 'Morning and Night' from 'Moods of Time' 14 1/2 x 22 x 8in and 15 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 5 1/2in respectively$91.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 12 works

Sold: 9 of 12
Median: $47.5kSign up
Average: $117kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (9), Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Garden of Eden sundial$30.5kSign up
sold 2014 Briseis$60kSign up
sold 2014 SusannaUnsold
sold 2014 Bust Plaque of Augusto Floriano JaccaciUnsold
sold 2015 Adjutant Stork$50.4kSign up
sold 2015 John Fitzgerald Kennedy Inaugural Medallion$30Sign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2016 Spear Thrower$47.5kSign up
sold 2016 Diana$728kSign up
sold 2017 Indian Hunter and His DogUnsold
sold 2018 Tortoise (For the Rainey Gates$37.5kSign up
sold 2019 Adjutant Stork$96.3kSign up
sold 2019 David$2.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $467kSign up
Average: $467kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 24.5 in (40 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Corona BerenicesUnsold
sold 2020 Tortoise (for the Rainey Gates, Bronx Zoo)$18.8kSign up
sold 2025 Diana$915kSign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Paul Manship auction results →