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(American, 1863–1937)

Bacchante with Infant Faun

1894
Bronze with dark green patina
Overall: 34 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (88.3 x 29.2 x 29.2 cm)
Credit LineTerra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection
Object number1988.20
SignedTop of base: F. MacMonnies 1894 Stamp: E. Gruet Jeune Fondeur Paris
ProvenanceThe artist
Mr. Eric Silver (sculpture dealer)
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, New York
Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1988
Exhibition History
Ville et campagne: les artistes américains, 1870–1920 (The City and the Country: American Perspectives, 1870–1920), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venues: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–July 15, 1999; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, December 10, 1999–May 7, 2000 (in modified form). [exh. cat.]

An Interlude in Giverny: The French Chevalier by Frederick MacMonnies, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (organizer). Venue: Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, October 24, 2000–June 24, 2001. [exh. cat.]

Mary et Frederick MacMonnies, un atelier à Giverny (Mary and Frederick MacMonnies, a Studio in Giverny), Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–July 1, 2001 (modified form of An Interlude in Giverny: The French Chevalier by Frederick MacMonnies at the Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, October 24, 2000–June 24, 2001). [exh. cat.]

Artistic Communities: Mary MacMonnies Low and Frederick MacMonnies in Chicago and Giverny, Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, July 12–October 7, 2001 (modified form of An Interlude in Giverny: The French Chevalier by Frederick MacMonnies at the Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, October 24, 2000–June 24, 2001 and Mary et Frederick MacMonnies, un atelier à Giverny [Mary and Frederick MacMonnies, a Studio in Giverny], at the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–July 1, 2001). [exh.cat.]

American Classics: Selections from the Terra Foundation for the Arts, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, January 26–September 1, 2002.

A Place on the Avenue: Terra Museum of American Art Celebrates 15 Years in Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 16, 2002–February 16, 2003.

A Narrative of American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, February 13–October 31, 2004.
Published References
Gerdts, William H. et al. Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 62; fig. 58, p. 62 (black & white).

Gerdts, William H. et al. Impressions de toujours: les peintres américains en France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text p. 62; fig. 58, p. 62 (black & white).

Cartwright, Derrick R. The City and the Country: American Perspectives, 1870–1920. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1999. Text pp. 15, 25 (checklist); fig. 10, p. 15 (black & white)

Cartwright, Derrick R. Ville et campagne: les artistes américains, 1870–1920. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1999. Text pp. 15, 25 (checklist); fig. 10, p. 15 (black & white).

Kilmer, Nicholas et al. Frederick Carl Frieseke: The Evolution of an American Impressionist. (exh. cat., Telfair Museum of Art). Savannah, Georgia: Telfair Museum of Art in association with Princeton University Press, 2001. Fig. 1.15, p. 25 (black & white).

Cartwright, Derrick R., Joyce Henri Robinson, and Mary S. Smart. Un atelier à Giverny. Mary et Frederick MacMonnies. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2001. Text p. 50, 110; fig. 3, p. 51 (color).

Robinson, Joyce Henri and Derrick R. Cartwright. An Interlude in Giverny. (exh. cat., Palmer Museum of Art). University Park, Pennsylvania: Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, 2001. Text p. 9; fig. 3, p. 9 (color).

Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. An American Point of View: The Daniel J. Terra Collection. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text p. 134; ill. p. 134 (black & white).

Bourguignon, Katherine M. and Elizabeth Kennedy. Un regard transatlantique. La collection d'art américain de Daniel J. Terra. Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2002. Text p. 134; ill. p. 134 (black & white).

"Alfred H. Maurer." Art Market Report (Fall/Winter 2002): 6. Text p. 6.
metedata embedded, 2021
Frederick MacMonnies
c. 1896–1897
Diana
Frederick MacMonnies
1894
Cupid on a Ball
Frederick MacMonnies
1895
Nathan Hale
Frederick MacMonnies
1890
Young Faun with Heron
Frederick MacMonnies
1894
Metadata Embedded, 2019
Frederick MacMonnies
1896
Edith Gould with Goat
Frederick MacMonnies
1912
Mabel Conkling
Frederick MacMonnies
1904
metedata embedded, 2021
Frederick MacMonnies
c. 1896–1897