Girl with Clasped Hands

View Similar Items

David McCosh - Bowling

Miles White - Chita Rivera BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Costume Drawing Tony Awards

Antonio Petruccelli - Original Painting. Colliers Cover Published. American Scene Christmas Modern

Antonio Petruccelli - Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s

Robert Riggs - "The Knockout" Boxing Sports American Watercolor WPA Mid-Century Modern 30s/40s

Miles White - BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Musical Costume Drawing Tony Award Elvis

Curlee Raven Holton - Curlee Raven Holton, Three Views of a Dancer

Alfred Bendiner - Alfred Bendiner, Avalon (New Jersey)

Blanche Grambs - Blanche Grambs, Eagle

Alfred Bendiner - Alfred Bendiner, Santa Fe Cowhands (New Mexico)

Unknown - (Wounded Soldiers)

Alfred Bendiner - Alfred Bendiner, Baccaloni in Rosenkavalier

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 6

William Zorach
Girl with Clasped Hands
1913

About the Item

Girl with Clasped Hands Watercolor on paper, 1913 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Provenance: Gift of the Artist Felix Russman (1888-1962), friend and fellow artist Frederick Baker, Inc., Chicago Condition: Paper aged Color fresh Archival framing with OP3 Acrylic for UV protection Image size: 10 x 7 7/8 inches Frame size: 18-3/4 x 16-1/8 x 1-5/8 inches "Bill Zorach was born in Lithuania in 1887, emigrated to the United States when he was four not knowing a word of English, grew up in poverty, and left school in seventh grade. He then worked unsuccessfully in a variety of low-paid, entry-level jobs. Finally apprenticing as a lithographer, he saved whatever he could, and paid his own way to art school, first in his hometown of Cleveland, then New York, and finally Paris. It was in Paris where he met Marguerite Zorach; she persuaded him of the merits of the startling new trends in art. He was successful in Paris from the beginning; he had four pictures accepted and two “hung in the line” at the juried, avant-garde Salon d’Automne. His paintings scandalized critics when he participated in the seminal Armory Show of 1913, the notorious show that introduced modernism to America. He also participated in a famous and much more selective exhibition, The Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters in 1916. He had a calling not just to be an artist but discovered, not long into his career, his specific calling to be a sculptor; he taught himself the principles and methods of sculpture. He soon abandoned oil painting but continued to paint with watercolors, which he loved; his watercolors are meditations and odes to the constantly changing world around him, its moods, light, colors, character, and specific features. While these two media differ dramatically from one another, Bill conveyed a shared message when he worked in them. As a sculptor along with a few others, he pioneered the art of direct carving, and was unique in often using very hard, colored, and patterned stones like granite boulders, which he often found himself on walks. His work was inspired by the stones he used and is more expressive (especially of love, strength, and inner peace), spontaneous, and simplified than that of his predecessors. There is also a spirituality to them. Bill was very thoughtful and articulate about his work. He can be mistaken as a conservative or representational sculptor only by those unfamiliar with his immediate predecessors. Critics, collectors, and the public greatly admired Bill because he treated subjects of longstanding importance and affection to humanity with freshness, dignity, and restraint while emphasizing sculptural values. He was among the best known and respected sculptors of his generation, wrote a text about sculpture that is still used today, and was also beloved as a teacher. He died in Maine in 1966." Courtesy Zorach Art

Creator:
William Zorach (1887 - 1966, American)
Creation Year:
1913
Dimensions:
Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20.02 cm)
Medium:
Watercolor
Movement & Style:
American Modern
Period:
1910-1919
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Fairlawn, OH
Reference Number:
Seller: FA46891stDibs: LU14012219912