Aegean Moon Bronze Sculpture by American Artist Joseph Wheelwright, 1983

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Aegean Moon Bronze Sculpture by American Artist Joseph Wheelwright, 1983

About the Item

This is one of the series of bronze moon sculptures by American artist Joseph Wheelwright, who lives and works in both Boston and Vermont. This work, Aegean Moon, is amazingly detailed, Mr. Wheelwright is widely known as a master carver. Artist Joseph Wheelwright explains: “During the summer of 1980, I rose in the nights to create a series of conte crayon drawings of the moon, beginning with one that looked like the face our newborn daughter, May. I discerned 28 distinct shapes the moon can take. That summer I modeled a small sculptural portrait of the moon, “Sleeping Moon,” in wax, and cast it into bronze in 1981. I resolved to create a small moon each year for 28 years... My enthrallment with the moon began with a misperception. As a very young boy, I could not understand why my siblings and I were not permitted to accompany our parents to the “moonvies,” a place I understood to be where adults sat in rows of chairs in a field to follow the progress of the moon. I began to watch the moon from my window and fell deeply in love with our ever constant, ever changing beacon, our celestial clock and night-light, the sweetest friend Earth ever had. I have tried never to fail Thoreau’s “test of innocence”: “To hear a taunt and look out on this friendly moon pacing the heavens in a queen-like majesty, with the accustomed yearning.” Joseph Wheelwright is an artist who works in stone, wood, bone and bronze to create fantastic figures and creatures. Mr Wheelwright's works exist in a range of scales from the tiny to the monumental and often reference the natural world through the artist's choice of materials. Mr. Wheelwright has had numerous solo and group exhibitions and is currently represented by three galleries.

Creator:
Joseph Wheelwright (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 3.13 in (7.96 cm)Width: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Depth: 3.25 in (8.26 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1983
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU151024799953