Marble Abstract Sculptures

Xavier Jansana describes his work as pieces in stone "that were content as stones and in which I have found a form." Indeed, Xavier Jansana's work, intrinsic to which is the symbiosis of stone and...

Artist: Kuno Vollet Title: Golden Gingko with 6 leaves art sculpture Materials: Cast brass, gold leaf, white marble base Size: 56 x 9 x 9 cm This small elegant original brass scu...

This is a model of the large Picasso sculpture in Chicago it is a vintage piece from 1967 and was made for the Chicago Public Building Commission by the Chicago replica co. The Chicago Picasso (often just The Picasso) is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture, dedicated on August 15, 1967, in Daley Plaza in the Chicago Loop, is 50 feet (15.2 m) tall and weighs 162 short tons (147 t). The Cubist sculpture by Picasso was the first such major public artwork in Downtown Chicago, and has become a well-known landmark. Publicly accessible, it is known for its inviting jungle gym-like characteristics. Visitors to Daley Plaza can often be seen climbing on and sliding down the base of the sculpture. The sculpture was commissioned by the architects of the Richard J. Daley Center in 1963. The commission was facilitated by the architect William Hartmann of the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Picasso completed a maquette of the sculpture in 1965, and approved a final model of the sculpture in 1966. The cost of constructing the sculpture was $351,959.17 (equivalent to $2.7 million in 2018), paid mostly by three charitable foundations: the Woods Charitable Fund, the Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation, and the Field Foundation of Illinois. Picasso himself was offered payment of $100,000 but refused, stating that he wanted to make his work a gift. e the sculpture.[6] Picasso accepted saying "You know I never accept commissions to do any sort of work, but in this case I am involved in projects for the two great gangster cities" (the other being Marseille, France). Picasso refused the $100,000 payment, considering his work a gift to the people of Chicago. The sculpture was fabricated by the American Bridge Company division of the United States Steel Corporation in Gary, Indiana using COR-TEN steel, before being disassembled and relocated to Chicago. Although Picasso never explained what the sculpture was intended to represent, it may have been inspired by a French woman, Sylvette David, now known as Lydia Corbett...

Artist: Kuno Vollet Title: Bronze Gingko with 8 leaves sculpture with two gold leaves Materials: Cast bronze, black marble base Size: 80 x 10 x 10 cm ____________________________...