Frederick Macmonnies

Copied Edmondo Quattrocchi, Frederick Macmonnies, ca. 1937, marble, 28 1⁄8 x 9 3⁄4 x 11 3⁄4 in. (71.5 x 24.8 x 29.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Edmondo Quattrocchi, 1967.128.1

Artwork Details

Title
Frederick Macmonnies
Artist
Date
ca. 1937
Location
Dimensions
28 1⁄8 x 9 3⁄4 x 11 3⁄4 in. (71.5 x 24.8 x 29.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edmondo Quattrocchi
Mediums
Mediums Description
marble
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Macmonnies, Frederick — bust
  • Occupation — art — artist
Object Number
1967.128.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1967.128.1

Artwork Description

Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937) worked with Italian sculptor Edmondo Quattrocchi in the 1920s and ‘30s. Their collaboration began when MacMonnies went to Paris in 1926 to present his model for a memorial of the Marne battle. This work was commissioned as America’s gift to France in exchange for the Statue of Liberty. MacMonnies chose Quattrocchi to be the stone carver of the massive project, which he knew would be made easier with the help of a pointing machine that the Italian had designed. Quattrocchi used a life mask made years earlier to help him capture the spirit of his friend in this posthumous portrait.