$50,800
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists
Auction: June 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET
Property sold on behalf of the Brandywine Museum of Art to benefit future acquisitions and care of collections.
Conceived in 1926, cast before 1931. Copyrighted, numbered and signed ‘© N°1/MAHONRI' on the base, bottom left; also with ’CIRE PERDUE/F CARVINALLI' foundry stamp on the base, at the rear at left, bronze with black patina
Height: 23 ¼ in. (59.1cm)
Width: 28 ½ in. (72.4cm)
Depth: 10 ¼ in. (26cm)
Collection of Ruth A. Yerion.
A bequest from the above in 1990.
The Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
Born in 1877 in Salt Lake City, Mahonri Young–grandson of the second President of the LDS Church and first Governor of Utah, Brigham Young–enjoyed his greatest acclaim for a series of bronze sculptures of boxers which he completed in the mid-to-late 1920s.
Young always loved sports, boxing in particular, and turned to the sport to depict the everyday lives and recreations of the working class, which soon earned him the nickname “George Bellows of American sculpture.” In the high suspense that is The Boxers, Young captures the moment the bowing competitor dodges his opponent's blow, thus suspending for eternity the possibility of a dramatic comeback.