Name: Lu Duble, ‘Pedro’, American Modernist Ceramic Bust, ca. 1960s
Brand: Lu Duble
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Lu Duble, ‘Pedro’, American Modernist Ceramic Bust, ca. 1960s

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About the Item

Lu Duble (British-American, 1896 — 1970), born Lucinda Christine Davies, (a/k/a Lucinda Duble and Lu Duble Geiffert) was an English-born American artist. Lucinda Christine Davies was born in 1896, in Oxford, England, the daughter of John Walter Davies and Marianne Mogridge Davies. Her father was an author, editor, and journalist. Her mother's grandfather was author George Mogridge. She moved to the United States with her parents in 1903, as a young child. Davies trained at the Art Students League and Cooper Union in New York City. Her mentors included Alexander Archiupenko, Jode de Grefft and Hans Hoffmann. From 1918 to 1937, Duble was head of the sculpture program at Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, New York. She also taught sculpture classes at Brearley School, Dalton School, Greenwich House and Montclair Art Museum. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1937 and 1938, to study art and sculpture in Haiti. Another travel fellowship, from the Institute of International Education, sent her to Mexico from 1942-1944, where she made sculptures and studied Mayan art. Duble's best known works were human figures or heads, worked in stone, cement, and terracotta. Her sculpture, "Calling the Loa, Haiti" won the Anna Hyatt Huntington Prize in 1938, and "Last Migration" won the Speyer Prize in 1952. She had work in the fiftieth anniversary show of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors in 1939. In 1940, Duble showed her sculptures from Haiti at the Dayton Art Institute, local arts edito Merab Eberle found the show's "voodooistic" theme disturbing, but agreed that Duble had "rhythmic sense and no small degree of ability to impart power. She was part of a three-woman show, at Grand Central Art Galleries in 1947, with Cornelia Chapin and Marion Sanford. She "tackles themes that are deeply felt, in forms that are impressionistically modeled and full of dramatic tensions," wrote a Philadelphia reviewer in 1950, adding "Lu Duble's work must be respected but can't always be enjoyed. She was a member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors from 1937, a fellow of the National Sculpture Society, elected in 1937, and a member of the National Academy of Design from 1942. She was part of a group of women artists called informally "the Guild ladies", including Dorothy Dehner, Helen Wilson, Rhys Caparn and Helena Simkovitch. Among her students were artists Ray Eames and Mercedes Matter. Davies married twice, first in 1917 to Jesse Clyde Duble, and second to Alfred Geiffert, Jr., a landscape architect. She was widowed when Geiffert died in 1957. She spent summers in Woodstock, New York in her later years. Lu Duble died in 1970, in Woodstock, aged 74 years. She was survived by her sister, Gwen, also an artist.

Creator:
Lu Duble (Sculptor)
Dimensions:
Height: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)Width: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Depth: 9 in (22.86 cm)
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Ceramic,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
ca. 1960
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. We make our best effort to provide a fair and descriptive condition report. Please examine photos attentively, as they are an integral part of the description. Send us a message to request more details or discuss price.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU2819331885872

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