Paul Manship, Welles Bosworth Portrait Medal, 1920, bronze, 3 3⁄4 in. (9.5 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1965.16.102
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Welles Bosworth Portrait Medal
- Artist
- Date
- 1920
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 3 3⁄4 in. (9.5 cm) diam.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- bronze
- Subjects
- Portrait male — Bosworth, Welles — bust
- Mythology — classical — Graces
- Occupation — art — architect
- Allegory — arts and sciences — architecture
- Figure female — full length
- Figure female — nude
- Object Number
- 1965.16.102
Artwork Description
William Welles Bosworth (1869-1966) was the architect of several buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, as well as a friend of Paul Manship’s. “Bozzy” also designed the New York City headquarters of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and in 1914 commissioned Manship to create a wide range of reliefs and sculptural elements for the building. This is one of many medals Manship designed in tribute to his friends and colleagues. The figure of Euphrosyne, or Joy, on the reverse is one of the Three Graces described in classical mythology.