Duck Girl (Manship)

Duck Girl

Artist	Paul Manship
Year	1911
Type	Bronze
Dimensions	150 cm (61 in × 34 1/2 in × 34 1/4 in)
Location	Philadelphia, United States
	39°56′57″N 75°10′18″W / 39.9493°N 75.1718°W / 39.9493; -75.1718
Owner	City of Philadelphia

Duck Girl is a bronze sculpture, by Paul Manship.^[1] It is located at Rittenhouse Square, near 18th street and Walnut Street, Philadelphia.^[2][3]

It was installed in Cloverly Park, in 1916, and moved to storage in 1956, but relocated to Rittenhouse Square.^{[4] [5]}

The sculpture won the Widener Gold Medal, from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in 1914.^[6]

References

1. ^ http://dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0006572.htm
2. ^ http://www.philart.net/artist.php?id=160
3. ^ http://www.visitphilly.com/music-art/philadelphia/duck-girl/
4. ^ http://www.fpaa.org/child/map_69_man_duc.html
5. ^ "Duck Girl, (sculpture)". Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=H31290U99529Q.92469&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!15637~!10&ri=5&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Duck+Girl+&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=5#focus. Retrieved August 9, 2011. 
6. ^ Susan Rather (1993). Archaism, modernism, and the art of Paul Manship. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292760356. http://books.google.com/books?id=GbDEc5-VNuMC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=duck+girl+manship&source=bl&ots=0NYy98nLFB&sig=mZQdPTfXdPfaZrPEu6-jomsQTHo&hl=en&ei=LGFBTqPAMuXL0QHG2Oy_CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=duck%20girl%20manship&f=false. 

External links

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/telan/3687330185/