Suzanne Regan Pascal Monumental Steel Couple

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a monumental pair of steel sculptures depicting a man and woman by the noted California artist Suzanne (Susanne) Regan Pascal. We’ve been fortunate to have had quite a few of her works of=ver he years ago, mostly in her main medium of carved slag glass. This is our first opportunity to present some of her steel sculpture. The larger male figure is almost 10 feet tall. The sculpture are in good condition with minor nicks, abrasions scratches and imperfections. A brief bio from Askart follows: Biography from the Archives of askART Photo of Suzanne (Regan) Pascal Suzanne Pascal (March 19, 1914 - September 24, 2021) On September 24, 2021, Pascal was carried on wings of angels home to Heaven, Suzanne Pascal was born in Miles City, Montana, on March 19, 1914, to Charles Pascal, a French restauranteur and candy maker, and Ann Kenny. Charles opened a candy store in Helena, Montana, and the family lived above the store until he died from the Spanish Flu in 1918. Ann attempted to keep the candy store running, however, between being a woman and the ongoing flu epidemic, she struggled to keep the business afloat. Ann moved to Spokane, Washington with her children, Pascal and Charles. They made their home in Spokane for many years until, eventually, moving to Seattle. As a young girl, Pascal loved art and spent her days drawing and sketching. She would sit for hours in their garden, painting the flowers, the sky and the people she'd see walking by. Pascal also loved the theater and music, and one day, after a performance at The Paramount Theater, she met Jules Buffano, a band leader, musical composer and conductor ,and the two fell madly in love. They were married in 1934 and later welcomed a daughter, Suzanne Jill. Jules' career took the family to Los Angeles where they settled for a few years, until they amicably divorced. Life would take Pascal on many adventures and down many different paths, including moving back to Seattle where she married Al Rosenberg. After his death, she moved to Beverly Hills where she made her permanent home with Ann and Jill. When Pascal first moved to Beverly Hills, money was scarce. To help make ends meet, Pascal followed in her father's culinary footsteps and created Susie's Caramel Corn, named after herself and her daughter. She, along with her mother and daughter, made the caramel corn, packaged it and sold it. The business became extremely successful and was eventually purchased by Laura Scudder's. Pascal loved to sketch and paint, but she was always intrigued by the medium of glass. She discovered an abandoned glass factory in Dunbar, Pennsylvania and taught herself how to turn the enormous chunks of glass into realistic sculptures revealing the fourth dimension within. Pascal took her sculptures to Europe where she eventually found a gallery that took a chance on an unknown artist and unknown medium. From that first gallery show Pascal's glass sculptures would be shown in multiple galleries around the world. When one of her collectors requested a large glass sculpture to be installed outdoors, Pascal added a third art medium, stainless steel. She knew glass would crack over time if displayed outdoors, but stainless steel would be able to survive the elements. Pascal's collectors grew in number, and she became almost as well known for her festive dinner parties as for her art. She would cook her famous pasta sauce and show her latest works of art while the champagne flowed and music played late into the night. Pascal went on to marry James Regan, and when she wasn't in her studio sculpting or painting, the two of them traveled the world together. From Paris to London to Ireland, cruising down the Amazon and through the Panama Canal, visiting the pyramids in Egypt and making multiple trips to Japan, Pascal was inspired by the beauty she saw on her travels. And that inspiration was displayed in her paintings and sculptures. Pascal not only created incredible art that is displayed in museums, private collections and institutions across the Globe, but she created her own unique style. From her tailored men's suits to her inimitable hairstyle inspired on one of her trips to Japan, she was never one to blend in. She loved Oreo cookies and chocolate cake, champagne and caviar, "les girls" lunches, and collecting books on the world's greatest artists. Over her 107½ years, Pascal was as tough as the glass she carved. As polished as her stainless steel sculptures. As colorful as her paintings. She left a legacy not just of art and family but of what's possible when you live life on your own terms, doing what you love, with the people who inspire and support you. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Regan, and a multitude of dear friends who have kept the champagne on ice waiting for her arrival in Heaven. She is survived by her daughter, Jill Buffano Petty, son-in-law, Stephen Petty, granddaughter, Lisa Petty Seigle and her husband Mark, grandson, Scott Pascal Petty and his wife Jeanne, great grandchildren, Jack Seigle, Alexandra Seigle, Francesca Petty and Henry Pascal Petty. Source: Published by Los Angeles Times on Nov. 28, 2021. Submitted 2022 by: Mauro Bruno Biography from the Archives of askART Photo of Suzanne (Regan) Pascal The following, submitted January 2005, is from Cathy Nihart who knew Suzanne Pascal in the '60s. ..."our families have lost contact since the '80s." The last time I saw Pascal was in '81 at her show opening in NYC, which featured her large steel cutouts rather than her glass. A collection of her glass sculpture was at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, but no longer on display. Pascal lived in Beverly Hills next door to actor Robert Young. She knew Ronald and Nancy Reagan prior to his governorship. Pascal was connected on the periphery of Hollywood and politics. She placed her glass sculpture in collections of the Reagans, the Nixons and Armand Hammer, who made a gift of a glass horse's head to Prince Charles and Diana upon their marriage. I believe some of this glass sculpture is also in the LA Art Museum. Her daughter Jill marketed the smaller pieces as jewelry. Suzanne Pascal sculpted the glass in her studio, which was a converted garage at her Beverly Hills home. The glass was old slag from a foundry in Pennsylvania, which her second husband, Maury Klein, discovered and bought for her in the late '60s. Only very old glass would work with her method, which process she kept highly secret. From what I could gather, she used a proprietary but common chemical procedure to "soften" the glass prior to sculpting, which included a blow torch among her tools. Part of the mystique of the slag glass story was that it worked for Pascal's method because it had been tempered for 100+ years in the extreme Pennsylvania weather. Corning Glass even tried to recreate the old glass formula for her but was unable to (similar to LC Tiffany in a way), since the UN wanted her to sculpt a HUGE piece for the entryway, and the old slag was available in smaller sections only. Pascal's first husband was a band leader named Buffano, with whom she had her only child Jill in the early '40's. Her latest husband was a U.S. Naval Chaplain and Roman Catholic Monsignor named James Regan, who left the priesthood upon his retirement from the Navy in order to marry her in the '70s. Pascal studied painting in France under Marcel Dyf, a fine impressionist who studied with Picasso. I remember her most vividly throughout the '60s when our family saw her most often. She was charming and elegant, full of "joie de vive" and fabulous stories, regularly wore original Balenciaga suits and jetted about intercontinentally prior to the trend. Biography from the Archives of askART Photo of Suzanne (Regan) Pascal The following, submitted July 2003, is from James F. Kadlec, M.D., whose source is The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art. Pascal, Suzanne (1914- ). American sculptor in glass, born in Montana, daughter of a French painter, Charles Pascal. Owing to deafness she used drawing as a means of communication from an early age. She went to Italy at the age of 11 to study sculpture under Professor Julius Attillio and later studied painting in Paris for ten years, but subsequently reverted to sculpture. She began glass sculpture in 1952, but it was not until 1964 that she discovered, in an abandoned glass factory at Dunbar, Pennsylvania, and she became sufficiently hardened by weathering to stand up to carving with hammer and chisel. She had one-man shows in Zurich (1966), New York (1966, 1972), Los Angeles (1967), the American Cultural center, Tokyo (1968), Paris (1970) and at the O Hana Gallery, London (1974). Her works are represented in among others, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Petit Palais Museum, Geneva; and the permanent collections of the American Embassies in London and Tokyo. Note: "She was featured in People"magazine a number of years ago, and her works are in some of the most prestigious collections in California. One of her works was given by the US as a wedding gift to Prince Charles and Diana. Biography from the Archives of askART Suzanne Pascal was born in Miles City, Montana in 1914. Deaf until age eighteen, she was never able to attend school. Her mother, whom she credits with encouraging her in everything she did, communicated with her through drawings. As a young girl Suzanne Pascal studied sculpture in Italy and painting in Paris. She returned to California to live and work. She is known for her sculpturing of glass with hammer and chisel. Her work can be found in many private collections and museums around the world. In 1985 she was appointed by President Reagan to a four year term on the Commission of Fine Arts.

Creator:
Susanne Pascal (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 119 in (302.26 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Steel,Hand-Crafted
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
20th Century
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor nicks, abrasions scratches and imperfections.
Seller Location:
Palm Springs, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: Bridges over Time SP858881stDibs: LU835043744592