Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2
Enrique AlférezBather Washing Hair1980 - 1999
1980 - 1999
About the Item
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in Chicago, and in 1929 first made his way to Louisiana. For almost 70 years, he worked in New Orleans. His lasting imprint is seen among Art Deco figurative sculptures, monuments, fountains, and architectural details in prominent locations from the Central Business District to the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and beyond.
Alférez's sculpture was most frequently based on the human form, primarily the female figure. He was a modernist who leaned on realism and drew extensively from classical sculpture, with careful attention to the revelation of character through physical features. He strove to better define the human figure and to capture emotion, individuality, and relationships between his subjects. Alférez also infused some of his figurative sculptures, bas-reliefs, and wood carvings with metaphor, allegory, and myth.
- Katie Bowler Young, author of Enrique Alférez: Sculptor
Alférez's work can be found found in numerous private collections and in metro New Orleans at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the New Orleans Botanical Garden, and the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, among others.
- Creator:Enrique Alférez (1903 - 1999, Mexican)
- Creation Year:1980 - 1999
- Dimensions:Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 8 in (20.32 cm)Depth: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU110213697612
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 2008
1stDibs seller since 2015
38 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 5 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: New Orleans, LA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Bather with Cloth DrapeLocated in New Orleans, LAArtist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Woman in HuipilLocated in New Orleans, LAArtist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- After DegasLocated in New Orleans, LAArtist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Kneeling Bather Washing HairLocated in New Orleans, LAArtist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Lovers #3Located in New Orleans, LAArtist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Drying BatherLocated in New Orleans, LAArtist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
You May Also Like
- Kneeling Female Nude, Bronze By Mario KorbelLocated in Norwood, NJJoseph Mario Korbel (Czech/American, 1882-1954). Period fine example bronze, dark brown patina, modeled as a nude female kneeling and tying her sandal, raised on a stepped black marb...Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
MaterialsMarble, Bronze
- Chanson d'AmourBy Donald De LueLocated in Boston, MADonald De Lue, American (1897-1988). Chanson d'Amour, 1986. Bronze, 15 1/2 inch height. Bronze with Renaissance Brown patina, as well as Pewter patina on instrument. Number 1 in an...Category
20th Century Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Nude Girl Venus doves grapes Art Deco Vénus Bronze colombes aux raisinsBy Auguste Gilbert PrivatLocated in Miami, FLWonderful deep rich green patina, signed and dated on base lower right Alexia Rudier FoundryCategory
1920s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Art Deco Bronze Nude Girl with Fawn, Amazon with FawnBy Pierre TraverseLocated in Miami, FLSigned on base. This was exhibited at the Goldscheider Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exhibition Marble base has loss to right edge and very small lose to center edge. , Bronze is in ve...Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Art Deco Sculpture - Art Deco Bronze, Nude Venus doves grapesBy Auguste Gilbert PrivatLocated in Miami, FLThis Art Deco bronze Nude Venus doves and grapes are a perfect artistic statement depicted in a wonderfully stunning deep rich green patina. This appears to...Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze
- Sun GodBy Donald De LueLocated in Boston, MADonald De Lue, American (1897-1988). Sun God, 1937. Bronze, 35 x 19 x 9 inches. Bronze with Renaissance Brown patina and gold patina on sun. Number 6 in an ed...Category
20th Century Art Deco Nude Sculptures
MaterialsBronze