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Boris Lovet-LorskiPreliminary Study for a Sculpture Projectc. 1930-1940
c. 1930-1940
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Preliminary Study for a Sculpture Project
Graphite, charcoal and wash on tracing paper, c. 1930-1940
Signed upper left and lower left (see both photos)
Created while the artist was living in Paris, c. 1930
Condition: Good
Tipped to original support sheet by the artist
Small nick at bottom left margin edge
Image/sheet size: 3 15/16 x 4 13/16 inches
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Dawson's Auction, 2001
Amity Art Foundation
Boris Lovet-Lorski
Lithuanian/Russian/American
1894-1973
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade.
Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists.
He died in Los Angeles in 1973.
Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers:
“The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.”
Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12.
Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures
I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland
Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor
Lilian Gish, Actress
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos
President Abraham Lincoln
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense
Pope Pius XII
Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician
General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959
President John F. Kennedy
Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Art Institute of Chicago
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
British Museum, London
Boston University
Brooklyn Museum
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco
City Hall, Paris
Columbia University, New York
Dijon University, Dijon, France
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Los Angeles County Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Milwaukee Art Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pasadena Art Museum, California
Petit Palais, Paris
Rockford Illinois Museum, Illinois
San Diego Museum
Seattle Art Museum
Speed Art Museum, Louisville
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Syracuse University
- Creator:Boris Lovet-Lorski (1894 - 1973, American)
- Creation Year:c. 1930-1940
- Dimensions:Height: 3.94 in (10.01 cm)Width: 4.82 in (12.25 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Fairlawn, OH
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