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Frederick Hart"Ex Nihilo", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture, Figurative Woman & Men2002
2002
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Very Rare! Ex Nihilo, working model, is the intermediate scale model for the full-scale plaster for the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral.
Bronze was editioned in 2002. Bronze editioned in 2002, THIS IS NUMBER 7 IN EDITION OF 8.
Copyright Washington National Cathedral- Commissioned as a part of The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral. Limited Edition Bronze authorized by Washington National Cathedral.
“I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothing), the center portal arch, as a single expression of Creation, as the metamorphosis
of divine spirit and energy. The figures emerge from the nothingness of chaos, caught in the moment of eternal transformation – the majesty and mystery of divine force in a state of becoming.” – Frederick Hart
The Working Model, one third the full-scale Ex Nihilo, was never exhibited until the Frederick Hart Memorial Service at Washington National Cathedral in 2000. It literally was locked away in the archives of the Cathedral since its creation. The Working Model was the final model before Hart brought the work up to full scale and therefore represents a unique view of this most monumental piece. The Working Model, after it was used to cast these works, was again locked away in the archives of Washington National Cathedral. This piece is Rare and precious.
Literature: Frederick Hart Sculptor, Brown, J. Carter, Wolfe, T. Hudson Hills Press 1994. Pg. 22
Literature: Frederick Hart Changing Tides, by Michael Novak, pg. 37.
- Creator:Frederick Hart (1943 - 1999, American)
- Creation Year:2002
- Dimensions:Height: 84 in (213.36 cm)Width: 61 in (154.94 cm)Depth: 8 in (20.32 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Edition of 41/65Price: $98,000
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- Gallery Location:Dallas, TX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU130129756182
Frederick Hart
A sculptor and stone cutter in the Classical* style, Frederick Hart was an apprentice at the National Cathedral in Washington DC and there learned about sculpting and stone cutting. Then his big break of public recognition came when he won a competition to design the facade of the Cathedral, which incorporated his thirteen year masterpiece of the Creation, a 21 X 15 foot bas relief*. He also designed Three Soldiers, realistic in style, for the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in DC to contrast with the abstraction of Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial. Born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in South Carolina, Frederick Hart was an opponent of most contemporary art, thinking it motivated by political rather than aesthetic reasons. As a proponent of Realism*, he was made an honorary member of The American Society of Classical Realism Guild of Artists. Just before his premature death from lung cancer in 1999, he built his 17,000 square-foot dream home "Chesley," on 250 acres of land in Virginia. This mansion was intended to be an artists' retreat to nourish traditional, classical values and refute modernist* trends that he said allowed anything to be called art. He endured several legal battles including the use of his Three Soldiers on a souvenir without his permission and a lawsuit with Time-Warner over the "demonizing" of his creation scene.
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