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Richard MacDonaldRed Dress, Atelier2016
2016
$6,100
£4,589.68
€5,301.18
CA$8,620.89
A$9,354.98
CHF 4,957.32
MX$114,734.30
NOK 61,346.43
SEK 57,969.13
DKK 39,575.96
About the Item
"Red Dress, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald captures a moment of quiet intensity and grace, as the female figure stands enveloped in the fluid motion of her dress. Cast in bronze with exquisite attention to form, the sculpture radiates strength, poise, and emotional vulnerability. Her upward gaze and extended posture suggest both inner resilience and aspiration, celebrating the complexity of the feminine spirit. The flowing lines of the dress evoke movement and transformation, anchoring the piece in both realism and lyrical expression.
As part of MacDonald’s atelier series, "Red Dress, Atelier" exemplifies the artist’s mastery of gesture and anatomy, refined in a hands-on studio process. Its emotional resonance and sculptural craftsmanship make it profoundly collectible—a rare work that connects deeply with the human experience.
Artist signature etched in bronze.
- Creator:Richard MacDonald (1946, American)
- Creation Year:2016
- Dimensions:Height: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Laguna Beach, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 201609-27731stDibs: LU49016919072
Richard MacDonald
There are artists and there are masters. Richard MacDonald will go down in the history of sculpture as Picasso did painting, as an unequivocal master of the art.
Only a number of people can master craftsmanship, far fewer, the art of the human form. Figurative sculpture is a language MacDonald speaks with astounding fluency, and as with any language, MacDonald’s creative drive is formed from a need to share the universal dialect of the human figure with those who understand it; this is the unique privilege the artist affords his viewers.
MacDonald captures the beauty, romance and essence of the human spirit in motion. Influenced by the expressiveness in the figures of Renaissance master Donatello, the emotional intensity of works by 19th century French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the power of Michelangelo’s sculptures, MacDonald’s inspirational, sensitive works are precisely of the moment, yet profoundly historic by reference. And they dance rhythmically for all to see — in the leap and grace of the dancer, the power of the athlete, the gesture and passion of lovers, the spirit rises, and MacDonald captures it.
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