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Ellen Key Oberg
Ellen Key Oberg Modernist Ceramic Sculpture, Impetuous Person

circa 1940s-1950s

$4,240
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Ellen Key Oberg exhibited with all the major artists of her time including Alexancer Archipenko and William Zorach. This piece received an honorable mention in one of the many exhibitions she participated in. It's a large Modern ceramic sculpture on a mahogany base with a matte gun metal glaze with an abstract bio-morphic design. It's signed Ellen Key Oberg and titled "Impetuous Person" on the base in magic marker. The artist's name is also incised in the clay. Measures: 16.25" H x 14" W x 9.5" D. Ellen Key-Oberg (1905-1989). Ellen Burke Key-Oberg was born in Marion Alabama in 1905. She studied art in New York at Cooper Union Art School and with John Steuart Curry at the Art Students League. She was a member of: The Artists League of America; the League of Present Day Artists; New York Society of Ceramic Artists; New York Society of Women Artists and the Audubon Artists. Her sculpture exhibitions include: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Artists for Victory”, 1942; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1942; Allied Artists of America, 1941; the National Academy of Design, 1943-46; Audubon Artists, 1943-46; Artists League of America, 1945; Riverside Museum, 1945-46; Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, 1946; Museum of Natural History (NY), 1946 with William Zorach; Studio Guild Traveling Exhibition, 1938-42, Washington D.C. (prize), Alabama, New York and Connecticut. She taught at the Chapin School and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Ellen Key-Oberg exhibited and sold with her contemporaries: Paul Manship, William Zorach, Alexander Archipenko, Jose de Creeft and Louise Nevelson. She is listed in art and sales references: mantel Fieldings; Mallett; Who Was Who in American Art and Davenports. She is also listed online with Ask Art and Artprice. Ellen died in La Jolla, California in 1989.
  • Creator:
    Ellen Key Oberg (1905 - 1989)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1940s-1950s
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 16.25 in (41.28 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2749214653572

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