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Right to the Jaw
ca. 192614 x 21 x 10 in. (35.6 x 53.3 x 25.4 cm)
Mahonri Young
American (Salt Lake City, UT, 1877 - 1957, Norwalk, CT)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Bronze
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas H. and Marion J. Hawks, by exchange
Accession Number:
1998.38
Location: Currently on view
Many of the subjects of Mahonri Young's bronze sculptures were drawn from the working class—dock workers, riveters, and farmers. Among his most successful small sculptures were energetic scenes of boxers in action, whose movements embodied strength and power. Like his Ash Can School colleagues, he extolled the activities of everyday life.
Young came to New York from Salt Lake City, Utah, where his grandfather, Brigham Young, established America's permanent Mormon community after their forced exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois. Young studied at the Art Students League, and became a teacher there as well.
[Gallery label text, 2003]
Young came to New York from Salt Lake City, Utah, where his grandfather, Brigham Young, established America's permanent Mormon community after their forced exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois. Young studied at the Art Students League, and became a teacher there as well.
[Gallery label text, 2003]
Marks
Artist's signature, on base: MAHONRI No 6 Inscribed, on edge of base: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-
Provenance
James Graham & Sons, New York (dealers); purchased by the Gallery in 1998
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Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Author: Aiken, Charles A.. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Art Digest. New York, New York: Art Digest, Inc. Volume Number: 10 Issue Date: March 1, 1936. Page Number: 7, Figure Number: 6
- Article Author: Kent, Norman. Article Title: Art in Sports. Article Scope: Reproduction only. American Artist. Stamford, CT: Watson-Guptill Publications Volume Number: 32, Issue Number: No. 3, Issue 313. Issue Date: March 1968. Figure Number: 46
- Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Janis Conner and Joel Rosenkranz. Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works, 1893-1939. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1989.
- Article Author: Tarbell, Roberta K.. Article Title: Mahonri M. Young: Right to the Jaw. Article Scope: Chapter and reproduction. Marjorie B. Searl, ed. Seeing America: painting and sculpture from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2006. Page Number: 203-206
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Betsy Fahlman. James Graham & Sons: A Century and a Half in the Art Business. New York, NY, 2007.
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Seeing America Inservice
Materials from a teacher in-service presentation Spring 2008
Seeing America
Chapter on Mahonri M. Young's Right to the Jaw, written by Roberta K. Tarbell.