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Boris Lovet-Lorski
Untitled (Nike)

1929

$850
£652.76
€748.06
CA$1,196.59
A$1,340.45
CHF 698.49
MX$16,350.67
NOK 8,876.26
SEK 8,369.68
DKK 5,583.31

About the Item

Boris Lovet-Lorski, Untitled (Nike), lithograph, edition 250, 1929. Signed and numbered 1 in pencil. Number 1 of Volume 1, a series of 10 lithographs in each of 2 portfolios, published by the artist and printed by Ad. Braun & Co., Paris, 1929. A fine, rich impression, on Montval cream laid paper, with full margins (1 to 2 3/16 inches), in excellent condition. In ancient Greek mythology, Nike was the winged goddess who personified victory. Her Roman equivalent was Victoria. Nike was variously described as the daughter of the Titan Pallas and the goddess Styx, and the sister of Kratos (Strength), Bia (Force), and Zelus (Zeal). Nike assumed the role of the divine charioteer, a role in which she often is portrayed in Classical Greek art. Nike flew around battlefields rewarding the victors with glory and fame, symbolized by a wreath of laurel leaves (bay leaves). ABOUT THE ARTIST Sculptor, graphic artist, and painter, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894 and studied at the Academy of Art in St. Petersburg, Russia from 1914-1916. He immigrated to Boston in 1920 and later moved to New York City where he lived for most of his life, with periods in Paris (1926-1932) and Los Angeles (1932-1934). Through his exposure to traditional and modernist international art movements, he developed a unique aesthetic informed by ancient mythology and classical romanticism; the cubist art of Braque and Picasso; and the refined primitivism of Brancusi’s sculpture. His graphic works are distinguished by his idealized, allegorical subjects rendered in a dramatic, highly stylized, futurist esthetic. Lovet-Lorski’s sculptures received international acclaim, and by 1929 he was maintaining studios in New York, Rome, and Paris, and exhibiting in America, South America, and Europe. He was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1950. Lovet-Lorski’s work is held in the collections of the Luxembourg Museum, Paris; Petit Palais, Paris; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; British Museum, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; San Diego Fine Arts Society; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum; San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts; Boston University; and Columbia University.
  • Creator:
    Boris Lovet-Lorski (1894 - 1973, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1929
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 1004471stDibs: LU53234050972

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