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Charles Louis GoellerUntitled (Hulda Goeller)Circa 1930s
Circa 1930s
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This sculpture is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Carved and painted wood and gesso, 23 x 15 3/4 x 3 inches, Signed verso "Carved by Charles L. Goeller about 1935 (sic?)
Exhibited:
(Perhaps) Faculty Art Exhibit, Morse Hall Galleries, Cornell University, June, 1933, (see "Disputed Portrait of Christ Features Faculty Art Exhibit In Morse Hall Galleris," The Ithaca Journal, June 13, 1933, ". . . Charles Goeller, foremost exponent of ultra-modernism on the fine arts factulry. Mr. Goeller has one canvas, a cubistic abstraction, in the exhibit and a plaster head."
- Creator:Charles Louis Goeller (1901 - 1955, American)
- Creation Year:Circa 1930s
- Dimensions:Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40.01 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Los Angeles, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1859213692342
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