Diana and Hound

Diana and Hound is exemplary of Wilhelm Hunt Diederich's mature style, in which he combines long, sinuous lines and smooth, highly polished surfaces to create stylized sculptures that capture the dynamic motion of his subjects. As in the present work, animals were a popular theme for the artist, who reminisced later in his career, "never have I ceased devoting a large part of my energies to animal subjects in some form or other. Animals seem to me truly plastic. They possess such a supple, unspoiled rhythm." (as quoted in C. Brinton, Hunt Diederich, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1920, p. 4)