Chaim Gross Modernist Abstract Bronze Sculpture of Dancers

A superb Modernist model of a Gazelle by Walter Rotan (1912-2001) with a very dark verdigris patina. Cast at the Roman Bronze Works in the 1930s or 1940s. The bronze is stamped Roman Bronze Corp. NY to the reverse and bears an integral signature in the plinth. Rotan was an important 20th century American sculptor. A student of Albert Laessle, Rotan's work is held in public and private collections throughout the country. During his lifetime, his work was exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. A similar gazelle is incorporated into his sculpture installed at Brookgreen Gardens. References include Beartrice Gilman Proske's 1968 book...

A fine, signed modernist (or surrealist) bronze sculpture. Whimsically depicting a conch shell with legs in full stride. The realistically modeled shell with a lighter ochre/brown ...

"Prince" a bronze sculpture of a grotesque fantasy dog by James Joseph Kearns accompanied by its original sketch and hand written note from the artist. It is signed and dated to ...

A fine Mid-Century Modern bronze sculpture. In the form of a Franciscan monk. The base has a later copper insert and threading for possible mounting on a plinth. Simply a w...

Event and The Test - a group of 2 Mid-Century Modern aluminum acrobat sculptures. William D. King (1925-2015) These interlocking aluminum sculptures were part of a series, which w...

A fine Mid-Century Modern bronze sculpture. Consisting of fused, electroformed bronze elements. In the form of what appears to be a stylized rooster seated on a four-legged plinth....

Chaim Gross Sculpture"Baby Balancing III" Bronze on Wood Base Forum Gallery Label

Traditional and very well known art work by the well known artist Chaim Gross. This is a known work for the artist . The biblical burning bush .Signed on the side of bronze as shown.

"Mother's Pride", 1976. Bronze on wood base. Signed on the bottom of the bronze base. Chaim Gross, JM, Foundry Josel Meisner & Co., Plainview, N.Y., edition 44/47.

Signed on the flat top. A stylized female figure with her arms up and knees bent. A similar figure to his noted "Sleepy Girl" figure. The bronze has a fine very dark patina and has g...

Signed CH.GROSS on the plinth with the artist's "fox stamp" below, and on the bottom of the base, as well. A beautifully carved modernist wood sculpture by well known and highly collectible New York artist, Chaim Gross (1904-1991). It is one of ten small versions of a 29" sculpture in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sculpture is made of Lignum Vitae wood. The meaning of LIGNUM VITAE is the very hard heavy wood of any of several tropical American guaiacums. Guaiacum is of the caltrop family of tropical American evergreen trees and shrubs. Sometimes called guayacan or guaiacum, it is also known in parts of Europe as Pockholz or Pokhout. Due to its extreme hardness, the wood of such a tree is often used for making pulley blocks, mallet heads, bearings, etc. Provenance: Schrick private collection, Connecticut, USA. Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) was an Austrian born American sculptor. He was born in the then Austro-Hungarian village...

A diminutive relief plaque with the artist's classic image of a mother seated and playing with her child on her knees. Signed lower right. 3 5/8" x Depth 1/2" x 5" W Condition: Over...