Venus Anadyomene (#1)

Paul Manship, Venus Anadyomene (#1), 1924, bronze on marble base, 96 184 18 in. (22.815.710.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship, 1966.47.39

Artwork Details

Title
Venus Anadyomene (#1)
Artist
Founder
Roman Bronze Works
Date
1924
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
96 184 18 in. (22.815.710.6 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Paul Manship
Mediums
Mediums Description
bronze on marble base
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — nude
  • Figure female — full length
  • Mythology — classical — Venus
Object Number
1966.47.39

Artwork Description

In 1924, Paul Manship created a sculpture of the goddess Venus for a fountain commissioned by the Phillips Academy in Massachusetts. Venus, or Aphrodite, was the goddess of love, beauty, grace, and fertility. She was born of the sea---anadyomene means “born of water” in Greek---and Manship chose to depict her as she emerged from the surf.

Works by this artist (23 items)

Claggett Wilson, Salad--A Cleaned-Up Machine--Gun Nest, Bois de Belleau, ca. 1919, watercolor and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1981.163.8
Salad – A Cleaned-Up Machine – Gun Nest, Bois de Belleau
Dateca. 1919
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Not on view
Claggett Wilson, Bacchus Survivor--In the Ruined Garden of an Old Chateau in the Champagne Country There Remains, Triumphant, the Statue of Bacchus, Chipped and Scarred but Still Laughing as He Squeezes the Stone Grapes into the Stone Cup, ca. 1919, watercolor and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1981.163.22
Bacchus Survivor – In the Ruined Garden of an Old Chateau in…
Dateca. 1919
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Not on view
Claggett Wilson, Early June Morning, Bois de Belleau--Sniper Who Had Been Potted During the Night, ca. 1919, watercolor and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1981.163.7
Early June Morning, Bois de Belleau – Sniper Who Had Been…
Dateca. 1919
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Not on view
Claggett Wilson, Stragglers--French Wounded in the Retreat of Chateau-Thierry, ca. 1919, watercolor and pencil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice H. Rossin, 1981.163.3
Stragglers – French Wounded in the Retreat of Chateau-Thierry
Dateca. 1919
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Not on view

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Henry Gasser, Winter Parking, ca. 1935-1945, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Paul W. Doll Jr., 1979.120.1
Winter Parking
Dateca. 1935-1945
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Cass Gilbert, Chateau de l'Houblouniere, 1924, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Emily Finch Gilbert through Julia Post Bastedo, executor, 1962.13.52
Chateau de l’Houblouniere
Date1924
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Cass Gilbert, Carcassonne, 1926, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Emily Finch Gilbert through Julia Post Bastedo, executor, 1962.13.55
Carcassonne
Date1926
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Man Ray, Untitled--Hollywood, 1942, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Juliet Man Ray, 1983.105.10
Untitled – Hollywood
Artist
Date1942
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view