Expressionist Nude Sculptures

Black Nude Sculpture by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) painted clay, approx: 9 x 8 inches provenance: the artists estate

The Artists Model by Josine Vignon, French 1922-2022 clay sculpture approx 4 x 9 inches provenance: the artists estate

Fine bronze, signed and numbered. 8 Inches tall over all. Beautiful patina, in fine condition. The following is submitted by Cornelia Seckel, publisher Art Times Profile: Eugenie Gershoy By RAYMOND J. STEINER Art Times November 1984 EUGENIE GERSHOY: an emigre from a pogrom-threatening Russia, a member of a distinguished family of the intelligentsia, a life-long artist whose career began before the age of four, a woman of eclectic tastes and cultured learning seasoned with a loving and satirical eyehow and where does one begin to capture her in all her facets? Largely a natural talent with a smattering of formal training, it has been through sheer force of her irrepressible creativity that she has attained a stature and versatility in the world of art that few can match. Represented in almost every major collection (the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, the Syracuse Museum of American Art, the Delgado Museum of Art, Skidmore College of Fine Art, to name a few), she has exhibited her work in numerous shows from New York and west to San Francisco and south to New Orleans, culminating in her most recent, a special show of her sculptures entitled "Fantasy and Imagination in Sculpture" at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. which will continue until January 20,1985. Honors and awards began as early as 1914 when she received the St. Gaudens medal for fine draftsmanship and have continued throughout her career of creating, of teaching and active membership in over twenty gallery and art associations. A recent article in the Smithsonian was the last of almost fifty such pieces on either herself or on her art in various publications from across the country and from as early as the'30's. The astonishing diversity of her life's work is scarcely hinted at in the accompanying photographs. To select any one aspect of Ms. Gershoy's life or work would, of course, lead to distortion and an incomplete picture of her contribution. Fortunately, in addition to being a fine artist, she is highly literate and capable of verbalizing her own growth and artistic concepts, sharing copious notes that she has saved over the years. (An example of her writing and expressions on art can be found in the "SPEAK OUT" section of this issue of ART TIMES.) A chronological highlighting of her career, therefore, seems the only way to do her justice. Exposed to the "masters" in a collection of art books owned by her parents, Ms. Gershoy "drew assiduously from the age of three on" At five, she was copying Michelangelo, Rafael, and daVinci never suspecting that these were, in fact, reproductions of sculpture in three dimensions. Eventually, she drew from life, adding a lively sense of color as she experimented with crayons, colored inks, watercolors, and oils. At thirteen, she set about illustrating "Little Women." Resolving to become a painter and illustrator, she took advantage of a scholarship and entered the Art Students League of New York. Disappointed that the painting class was full, she turned to leave only to be stopped by a young woman who suggested she take a modeling course instead. "What is modeling?" was her immediate response, not having any knowledge of sculpture up until that point. The young woman was Hannah Small...

Artist: Lucien Lafont, French Title: Reclining Woman Medium: Terra Cotta Sculpture, signed on bottom Size: 5.5 in. x 20 in. x 4 in. (13.97 cm x 50.8...