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Copper Clad Wall Sculpture by Noted Palm Springs Artist Bill Anson
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We were fortunate to acquire a few pieces of the late noted Palm Springs artist Bill Anson. He was a former NASA engineer who turned to art later in life. This unsigned work is in his signature style, copper fish scale shaped pieces hand hammered onto a carved wood form. A similar work is still pictured on his website. The sculpture has been outside and has weathered beautifully developing a marvelous patina to the copper.
The sculpture is in good condition with nice patina. There are a few nails missing, a couple of loose plates and commensurate wear and marks from outdoor exposure.
An Obituary follows from the Magazine Palm Springs Life:
Bill Anson
1933-2018
Palm Springs Artist Finds His Calling Later in Life
Former NASA engineer uses Bauhaus style that marries form and function
MARCIA GAWECKI
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
Some of his Bauhaus-style sculptures stand erect, like Chicago skyscrapers, while others appear more erotic like reclining nudes.
The series of four that he’s currently working on look more like creatures from the deep.
NASA engineer-turned sculptor Bill Anson owns a 2,000 square-foot gallery that bears his name in the Backstreet Art District, which hosts its “First Wednesdays” Art Walk Nov. 6 in Palm Springs.
“When I decided to become a full-time artist at age 55, my wife divorced me, and my kids stopped talking to me,” says Anson, now 79. “But you’re really not an artist if you only work on weekends.”
Anson has co-owned other galleries over the past 18 years, namely the Jake Dent Gallery, Art First in the desert, and the River Bend Gallery in Northern California.
Architectural Inspirations
He began taking classes in ceramics and eventually moved to wood and steel. Over the past 25 years, he’s amassed an impressive body of work with a Bauhaus style that marries form and function but is void of ornamentation.
“When you look at Bill’s stuff, you see Bauhaus,” says Francisco Vargas, who owns the gallery next door.
During World War II, Bauhaus artists like Mies van der Rohe moved to Chicago, where Anson grew up. However, he considers Los Angeles architect Frank Gehry as his biggest inspiration.
“Gehry designs buildings like Disney Concert Hall (in Los Angeles) intuitively like an artist would,” he says of Gehry, who is best known for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.
Copper Fish Scales
Anson works primarily with cedar plywood to saw, glue and shape a sculpture. Then he covers it completely with small copper sheets secured with silicon-bronze nails.
Anson first saw this “fish scale” application at another artist’s gallery in San Francisco. But it may harken back to the 12 years he spent working as a mechanical engineer for NASA subcontractors Lockheed Martin and General Electric. Anson remembers being asked to inspect a rocket capsule that was housed in a building the size of the Astrodome.
“I wasn’t looking forward to climbing 40 stories up, but first I had to pass an eye test,” Anson says. “That’s when I found out that I was colorblind.”
By nailing down copper plates, Anson realized that he could create large-scale wooden sculptures that look like metal, without all the labor and costs of pouring and casting.
Anson always delivers his sculptures locally because he likes seeing where they end up.
“There was one sculpture that I hated, but one guy bought it,” says Anson. “He had a special spot in his backyard that was surrounded by vines on three sides, and when I saw it there, I loved it!”
- Creator:Bill Anson (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Width: 49.5 in (125.73 cm)Depth: 3.25 in (8.26 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:20th Century
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor wear to plates and wood and patina to copper plates.
- Seller Location:Palm Springs, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: Bridges over Time BA128871stDibs: LU835042270822
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2006 Spring Invitational, Springs Improvement Society, Springs NY.
2006 Artist Alliance of East Hampton Members Exhibition and Studio Tour.
2004 Guild Hall East Hampton NY Group Exhibits.
2004 Artists Studio Tour, East Hampton Artists Alliance NY.
2002 Guild Hall Invitational East Hampton NY.
2002 Artists Woods Amagansett NY.
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2001 Springs Invitational Springs Improvement Society, Springs NY.
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1989 Atelier Gallery, Zug, Switzerland: "Icarus".
1989 Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA: "Contemporary Sculpture".
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1987 Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
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1983 Robertson Center, Binghamton, NY: "Ancient Inspiration/Contemporary Interpretation".
1983 Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College. New London, CT: w/Poster.
1982 Women's Interarts Center, NYC: "Architectural Ceramics".
1982 Brookfield Art Center, Brookfield, CT: "Centennial Exhibition of Sculpture".
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1981 Katonah Art Gallery, Katonah, NY "Sculpture. Invitational".
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1986 Hudson River Gallery, Ossining, NY Retrospective exhibit.
1984 Noyes Museum, Ocean Ville, NJ: Curator Anne Fabbri, Retrospective.
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1990 Ragdale Artists Community Lake Forest, ILL. - Fellowship.
1986 Woman in Design International Compendium - Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
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1981 National Endowment for the Arts - Grant.
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