Aharon Bezalel

Large Aharon Bezalel Israeli Modernist Bronze Brutalist Puzzle Sculpture Figures

c.1950-1970

Arman Temps 2 (Mecanismes de montres) 1976 Accumulation of watch parts on three sheets of Plexiglas, encased in a box Dimensions: 18.125 h × 18.125 w × 4.375 d in (46 × 46 × 11 cm) H...

Miriam Sommerburg (American female artist, born Germany, Hamburg, 1900–1980 New York) Modernist Wood Carved Sculpture, Carving depictin...

Charna Rickey 1923 - 2000 Mexican-American Jewish Woman artist. Signed Bronze House of Books, Architecture Bronze sculpture, signed Charna Rickey and on the front "House of the book." It depicts an open Torah. Original patina. Approx. dimensions: 7 in. H x 9 in. W x 8.5 in. D. Weight: 13.1 lbs. Modernist Judaica Sculpture Born Charna Barsky (Charna Ysabel or Isabel Rickey Barsky) in Chihuahua, Mexico, the future artist lived in Hermosillo and immigrated to Los Angeles when she was 11. She was educated at UCLA and Cal State L.A., she married furniture retailer David Rickey and explored art while raising their three daughters. Moving through phases in terra cotta, bronze, marble and aluminum, she found success later in life. Rickey became one of the original art teachers at Everywoman's Village, a pioneering learning center for women established by three housewives in Van Nuys in 1963. She also taught sculpture at the University of Judaism from 1965 to 1981. As Rickey became more successful, her sculptures were exhibited in such venues as Artspace Gallery in Woodland Hills and the Courtyard of Century Plaza Towers as part of a 1989 Sculpture Walk produced by the Los Angeles Arts Council. Her sculptures have also found their way into the private collections of such celebrities as Sharon Stone. Another of Rickey's international creations originally stood at Santa Monica College. In 1985, her 12-foot-high musical sculpture shaped like the Hebrew letter "shin" was moved to the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The free standing architectural Judaic aluminum work has strings that vibrate in the wind to produce sounds. Rickey also created art pieces for the city of Brea. They commissioned some amazing art pieces by Laddie John Dill, Walter Dusenbery, Woods Davy, Rod Kagan, Pol Bury, Niki de Saint Phalle, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Larry Bell, John Okulick...

Marcelo Morandin 1933-1996 Untitled (Embracing Couple, Lovers) Bronze 1988; ed. P/E; Hand signed, dated and editioned to lower edge DImensions: 48.5 x 32 x 21 cm / 18.8 x 12.5 x 8.2 inches (approximately) PAREJA, Bronce, patinado Marcelo Morandin (1933 - 1996) was active/lived in Argentina, Mexico. Argentinian, Mexican Postwar & Contemporary sculptor Morandin is best known for his monumental sculpture. This is a wonderful, art deco inspired nude couple, the woman appears pregnant). Marcello Morandín (Marcelo Román Morandín Paroni) was born in 1933 in Argentina. He was an important plastic artist and Argentine architect, distinguished in Mexico for being an excellent sculptor and furniture designer. At the end of his studies at the Faculty of Architecture of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he traveled to Mexico and settled in Xalapa, Veracruz. In this city he was part of several artistic projects and noted for being one of the founders of the Department of Aesthetic Research and Applied Design at the University of Veracruz, as well as the Department of Aesthetic Research at UNAM. Between the years 80 and 90, he carried out several monumental works, among them "La pigeon de la paz" a project for the UN; "The foundation of Tenochtitlan" located in front of the Official Residence of Los Pinos; and "The Kinetic Tower" Of the government of Veracruz that combines the light and the sound with diverse moving parts to the compass of the music of Arnold Schoenberg. (Lily Kassner. Dictionary of Mexican sculptors of the twentieth century. Volume II. Mexico. Conaculta, 1997). Similar in style to Israeli artists Aharon Bezalel and Isaac Kahn. He has shown with Jose Villalobos, Nicolas Moreno, Pedro...

Patinated bronze torso suspended within a rusted iron globe evokes ancient Venus iconography and contemporary themes of constraint and resilience. Caged Woman 3 (Ø 32 cm) by Aldonza ...

Verdigris bronze figure suspended within a sculptural rusted iron orb offers a poetic meditation on confinement and transcendence. Caged Woman 2 (Ø 32 cm) by Aldonza features a slend...

Martenita Omaggio To Picasso, Signed, artist logo stamp, and title. Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a furnace calle...

Charred olive head sculpture combines direct carving and traditional Japanese Yakisugi burning to evoke visceral themes of decay, renewal, and resilience. Tizón (18 × 22 × 20 cm) by ...