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Arabesque, Female Ballet Dancer in Motion, Bronze Gray Bas Relief Sculpture Art
By Eric Bransby
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning figurative bas relief sculpture captures a female ballet dancer gracefully poised in the arabesque position, created by the acclaimed Colorado/Missouri artist Eric Bransby (1916-2020). Crafted from bronze and polymer Forton casting, the piece beautifully exemplifies Bransby’s mastery of motion and form.
Provenance:
Collection of the artist, Eric Bransby
About Eric Bransby:
Eric James Bransby was a highly respected muralist, painter, illustrator, and educator. His education at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center included studies with renowned artists like Thomas Hart Benton, Jean Charlot, Boardman Robinson, and Josef Albers. He also studied at the prestigious Yale School of Fine Art.
Bransby’s career is defined by his exceptional work as a muralist, with notable commissions including the Rockhurst Library Triptych Mural at the University of Missouri, murals at Brigham Young University, the U.S. Air Force Academy...
Category
20th Century American Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Hand-Carved Indonesian Wooden Finial with Decorative Base, " Carved Painted Wood
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This wooden finial figure was carved from wood by an unknown Indonesian artist. This figure stands on a carved decorative base, also created in Indonesia. The sculpture is a red and ...
Category
19th Century Folk Art USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Polar Ice Popsicle
By Betsy Enzensberger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Betsy Enzensberger sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet...
Category
2010s Abstract USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin
Lovers
By William Zorach
Located in Milford, NH
A fine abstract marble sculpture of two lovers, unsigned, in the manner of Lithuanian American artist William Zorach (1887-1966). Zorach was born in Eurberg, Lithuania, was brought t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
be present - neon art work
By Mary Jo McGonagle
Located in New York, NY
This neon piece is hand blown glass. It is mounted on contoured, clear plexiglas with pre drilled holes for hanging, and comes ready to hang. This piece is offered in the following c...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Neon Light
Large Bronze Modernist Biomorphic Sculpture Abstract Bird Colin Webster Watson
Located in Surfside, FL
Colin Webster Watson (1926-2007).
A patinated cast bronze sculpture of a stylized bird with a steel ring.
Signed, numbered and dated (1985). With a Tallix foundry mark.
Measu...
Category
1970s Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Winging It
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9.
The figure is about 20 inches tall.
Jim Rennert was born in 1958 and was raised in the Southwest United States. Rennert began exhibiting his work in 1993 and has since...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"PRAIRIE LEGEND" BISON BUFFALO
Located in San Antonio, TX
Marianne
Texas Artist
Image Size: 9 1/2 " tall by 12 " across
Medium: Bronze
"Prairie Legend"
Category
2010s Impressionist USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Joy Fragment, Marble Dust, Resin
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In working his way through the Louvre, The Vatican and other historic art museums, Richard MacDonald is particularly engaged by the ancient pieces and the fragments that remain of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Female Nude
By Raphaël Jaimes-Branger
Located in Boston, MA
Media: Plaster, Blue, Gold Leaf
Signed and titled in pencil on base. Stamped with a wax seal.
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sage Mano
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Journey
By Carol Gold
Located in Loveland, CO
"Journey" by Carol Gold
Bronze 22x5x6" ed/10
Abstract Figurative Female Nude
Woman walking in deep thought
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Carol Gold was born in Hartford, Connecticut and grew up...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
As Seen in ~DARK MATTER~ Losing Myself In You (Platinum Leaf) - Bronze Sculpture
By Boky Hackel-Ward
Located in Chicago, IL
Bronze with Platinum Leaf
Based on Boky Hackel-Ward’s self-portrait, this sculpture is not only about what can happen to us when we get lost in a love that seems to be grander than ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Opulent Fawn
By Jenny Day
Located in Bozeman, MT
Jenny Day (b.1981) is a painter and sculptor who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Girl on a Buick Painting on Metal Cut Out Sculpture Wall Hanging
By Seymour Chwast
Located in Surfside, FL
Seymour Chwast, B. 1931, American, 'Girl on a Buick', Painted Sheet Metal. A label on the reverse reads: "Seymour Chwast, 'Girl on a Buick', Metal Cut-Out, $2,000" Provenance: Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT
Seymour Chwast (born August 18, 1931) is an American graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer.
Chwast was born in Bronx, New York, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cooper Union in 1951. With Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel, and Reynold Ruffins, he founded Push Pin Studios in 1954. Often referred to as "the left-handed designer," Chwast's unique graphic design melded social commentary and a distinctive style of illustration. Today, he continues to work and is principal at The Pushpin Group, Inc. in New York City.
In 1979, he was hired by McDonald's to design on the first box for their Happy Meals. He is the font designer of Chwast Buffalo, Fofucha, Loose Caboose NF, and Weedy Beasties NF. He is a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI). In the pantheon of American (nay, world) illustration, he stands, albeit slightly shorter and a little more rumpled, beside N.C. Wyeth, J. C. Leyendecker, and Normal Rockwell...
Category
20th Century American Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Floating Buddha head Statue - Black
By Tal Nehoray
Located in New York, NY
This Buddha head sculpture is a 3D print contemporary take on the traditional Buddha image.
The statue can be hanged directly on the wall.
It is a limited edition of 25 pieces.
The s...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Remembering Who I Am, lifesize bronze high relief
By Denny Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Remembering Who I Am by Denny Haskew
Figurative Bronze Nude Wall Mounted Sculpture
36x40x28" ed/7 Stone is not included.
Nude emerges from the wall. Patina transitions from stone app...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cabaret
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cabaret, so evocative of cabaret-style shows, was a costume design for a 1940 production entitled 'Dream Waltz' by Oscar Strauss, based on a novella from 1905 by Hans Müller-Einingen...
Category
20th Century Art Deco USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Contemporary Wood Sculpture - Linda Stein, Branch Life 724
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s I am the Environment series explores the artist's relationship to the earth and addresses the interconnectedness of all l...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
STELLAR DIASPORA - Light Emitting Sculpture w/ Carved Walnut and LED Tubes
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Andy Harding is a sculptor living and working in Nashville, TN. A range of interests from Eastern philosophy to contemporary science inspire and influence his work, but the practical...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Walnut, LED Light, Acrylic
Family Carved Sculpture American Scene Modernism Mid 20th Century WPA Realism
Located in New York, NY
Family Carved Sculpture American Scene Modernism Mid 20th Century WPA Realism
Milton Hebald (American, 1917-2015),
Family of Three
13 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches
Carved wood, c. 19...
Category
1940s American Realist USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bill Haendel Americana Toy Soldiers Cast Paper Relief Modern Pop Art Sculpture
By William Haendel
Located in Surfside, FL
William Haendel
framed 16.75 X 17 paper 11.5 X 12.5
Bas relief on hand-made molded, cast, paper; Visual statement of modernist society’s role in conformity of the individual and acquiescence to nationalism. Toy Soldiers in tin, lead or plastic, cast into the paper.
Bill Haendel...
Category
1970s Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Green Cape Lady
By David Hostetler
Located in Nantucket, MA
Green Cape Lady is a unique wood sculpture carved from elmwood from Hostetler's farm in Athens, OH. He used aniline dyes to "paint" on the hair and dress. He only carved one sculptur...
Category
1960s Folk Art USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Aries
By Rachel Denny
Located in Bozeman, MT
'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
'Double Self Portrait in Paradise'
By Sam Tufnell
Located in New York, NY
My sculptural work, even with its overt use of modern materials and experimentation, actually operates within our most traditional art forms: still life, landscape, and portraiture. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Kota Reliquary Figure Nigeria, " Wood & Copper created circa 1970
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Kota Reliquary Figure Nigeria" is a wood and copper sculpture created in Nigeria circa 1970. A head is made with wide red eyes. Their hair is in...
Category
1970s Tribal USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
The Flutist, Atelier
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Flutist, Atelier was inspired by Richard MacDonald’s signature Heroic work, Joie de Vivre - the "joy of life." Drawing on his own belief in the irrepressible will of the human s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Walking Woman (Bust Ebene)
By Anne de Villeméjane
Located in New York, NY
Anne de Villeméjane's sculptures in bronze, crystal and cement are exhibited in galleries and major art shows in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Anne is a French artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Young Prince
By Rachel Denny
Located in Bozeman, MT
'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Sculpture: 'The Birth of the Unicorn TRex and Fall of Rhome Disc One'
By Joshua Goode
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Josh...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mammoth Cowboy
By Joshua Goode
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Luca Madrassi "The Fencer" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Luca Madrassi (Italian, 1849-1919) "The Fencer" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, the standing figure dressed as a fencer holding his sabre, a mask and glove at his feet...
Category
Late 19th Century USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Windswept Face Of A Man Marble Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Windswept Face Of A Man Marble Sculpture
Signed, on wooden base.
Leon Saulter (1908 - 1986) was active/lived in California born in Poland. Moved to US in 1921. Leon Saulter is known for sculptures, paintings also writer.
Born in Poland on March 31, 1908. By the 1930s, Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while a resident of Los Angeles.
Exhibitions:
Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1936-40;
Artists Union (LA), 1939;
Stendahl Gallery (LA), 1941;
LACMA, 1940, 1943, 1946
Santa Barbara Museum; Bonita Union High School (Spirit of Youth Learning Industry); David Starr Jordan School, Long Beach (Head).
Museums:
University of Wyoming Art...
Category
1970s Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Cast Bronze Organic Husk Wall Mounted Abstract Textured Sculpture Seena Donneson
By Seena Donneson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an abstract Flora based hand made, cast sculpture done by Seena Donneson an acclaimed woman artist.
A textured abstract bronze with deep, rich patina; The sculpture is signed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze Statuette of William Shakespeare
By Frederick William MacMonnies
Located in New Orleans, LA
Frederick William MacMonnies
1863–1937 American
William Shakespeare
Signed "F. MacMonnies" and foundry-marked "E. Gruet Jeune, Fondeur, Paris"
Bronze
Frederick William MacMonnies...
Category
19th Century Academic USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
SHE, Limited Edition Hand-processed bronze sculpture, classic meets modern
By Matteo Mauro
Located in Dallas, TX
"Loves who don't know how to get by in this world (SHE)" is a classic-contemporary hand-processed bronze casting sculpture. It is part of a selected Limited Edition of XXV. It is signed in metallic ink, stamped certified sculpture and artist's certificate of authenticity.
Sculpture size: 25x10x10 cm / 9.84x4x4 inches
Mint condition: black patina - mirror high polished finish.
MATTEO MAURO...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
"Ghost (Waiting for Friends), " Mixed Media Mosaic, 2022
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Clas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Girl holding a Mirror, Painted Bronze Sculpture by Richard Shiloh
By Richard Shiloh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Shiloh, Polish/Israeli (1949 - )
Title: Girl holding a Mirror
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Bronze with Painted patina, signature inscribed
...
Category
1970s Realist USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
DAMAGED (Gold Leaf)
By Boky Hackel-Ward
Located in Chicago, IL
Bronze with Gold Leaf
From Boky Hackel-Ward’s Figurative Poetry Collection, this bronze was directly inspired by a poem entitled Mea Culpa taken from Paul Géraldy’s book Toi et Moi....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bee Cause #50- Kevin Box and Beth Johnson
By Kevin Box
Located in Napa, CA
“It took two years of tireless experimentation for me to develop the process of casting paper into bronze, another seven years to perfect, and it continues to evolve today.” - Kevin ...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Can Can
By Jane DeDecker
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 50
Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and nephews are the primary source of her inspiration, though DeDecker’s sculptures are not portraits. In fact, her loose style leaves her viewers with room for interpretation, so as to see their own lives within her sculptures. This imprecision, combined with her unique ability to capture specific moments to which each viewer can relate on a personal level, regardless of age, give DeDecker’s work a timeless quality that spans generations.
DeDecker began her artistic training as a painter at the University of Northern Colorado, until a professor, noticing her joy in the portrayal of shapes and forms, suggested she try her hand at sculpture...
Category
1990s Impressionist USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 20" tall.
Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be compared to European and North America: most performances revolve around Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses who fight against evil, mystical, beings to (usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Wood
Bear Necessities
By Craig Campbell
Located in Loveland, CO
Bear Necessities by Craig Campbell
Expressionistic Wildlife Sculpture Bear and Boy
16 x 6 x 6" Bronze edition of 10
Jungle Buddies originated as clay sketches and were so delightf...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elf King
By Joe Brubaker
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Mixed-media figurative sculpture made of Alaskan cedar, found metal, semi-precious gemstone, and steel.
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Bacongo Statue, Used as Fetish - Zaire, " Wood, Glass Feathers, & Cloth
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This wood statue, used as a fetish, was created by an unknown Bacongo artist in Zaire. The Kongo people (also Bakongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of K...
Category
Early 1900s USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood, Found Objects
“Mother and Child” Biomorphic Modern Abstract Sculpture of Embracing Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Biomorphic abstract sculpture by Canadian artist John McKinnon. The work features a mother figure holding her child in a loving embrace. Inspired by other modern artists such as Henr...
Category
1980s Abstract USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Resin Anchovy Can: 'Anchovy'
By Sam Tufnell
Located in New York, NY
Tufnell's focus is primarily on sculpture, and he typically works with a variety of materials, including wood, metal, and found objects. While some of his sculptures do incorporate h...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Large wall sculpture: 'Ecstatic Seizures'
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Garcia-Lopez, MFA, PhD Pablo Garcia-Lopez was born in Madrid in 1977. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry from Autonoma University, and a PhD in Neuroscience from Complutense University, both located in Madrid, Spain. As a Neuroscientist, he published numerous scientific papers in international journals. Later, 2012, he graduated from MICA(Baltimore),(MFA,Sculpture).
Pablo has been an artist in residence at Brooklyn Art Space (2012), Franconia Sculpture...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Fausto Biggi Romeo and Juliet Italian Marble Sculpture .
Located in New York, NY
Capturing a climactic moment from Shakespeare’s famed tragedy, this exquisite marble sculpture was created by acclaimed Italian sculptor Fausto Biggi in t...
Category
19th Century USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Wood Wall Sculpture: 'Agate double slice'
By Gin Stone
Located in New York, NY
*Recovered Ghost Gear Data: Retrieval Coordinates: 42° 10ʹ N 69° 52ʹ W
Retrieval Vessel: F/V Donna Marie (Groundfish Trawler/Scallop Dragger out of Provincetown) Water Depth: approx....
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Olie" Bronze Bust of a Man
By Rick Pasterchik
Located in Houston, TX
Brons bust of a man that sits on a square metal base. The work is stamped and dated by the artist. The sculpture needs cleaning.
Category
1970s Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
It's Raining Men
By Laurence Perratzi
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic threads, bronze figure, steel base
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"Retablo No. 4 (Blackbird)", Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The intricate retablos of contemporary artist Patrick Fitzgerald are his means of paying homage to the musicians that inspired him throughout his life. Derived from Mexican votive...
Category
2010s Surrealist USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
'Proud Woman' original Shona stone sculpture by Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
By Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Proud Woman' is an original opal serpentine stone sculpture by the contemporary Zimbabwean artist Chenjerai Chiripanyanga. The artist presents in this sculpture a highly abstracted ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Adrien Étienne Gaudez Molière l'Enfant: The Young Molière .
By Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in New York, NY
This delightful cast bronze statue depicts Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (French, 1622-1673), known as Molière; a wonderful historical study that captures the playwright and actor as a carefree youth. Reclined in a worn out chair, and judging by the worn out covering and loose fringe and gimp this is likely the chair he is supposed to be upholstering.The young upholsterer's apprentice is spending his afternoon with a small book opened across his lap instead of his assigned task, and hasn't a care in the world, his tacking hammer held loosely in his hand as he is totally enveloped by the text. It captures Molière working for his father, who had purchased the post of valet de chambre ordinaire et tapissier du Roi, and was responsible for maintaining the carpets and upholstery of the furnishings for the King of France, a post that was often hereditary and that his father hoped to pass on to him one day.
The sculpture offers a glimpse at Molière's chosen path, much to the chagrin of his father, leaving the world of upholstery unfinished and following the written word into a world of creativity.
The modeling of the statue overall is superb. Gaudez is a true master of the genre scene in sculpture, and this this piece perfectly exemplifies his skilled capability to realistically model the human body in relaxed positions. Moreover, the modeling of the carved wooden chair legs, soft dangling tassels, individual book pages, and bunched fabrics is incredibly crisp, almost leading me to believe that we may be able to learn something about 19th century upholstery...
Category
Late 19th Century USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Standing Bather with Ponytail
By Bruno Lucchesi
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture. Incised with the artist's signature, upper part of the base.
Category
1960s Modern USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Linda Stein, Flirtation 1236 - Contemporary Fabric Leather Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein started her Knights of Protection series in 2002 after being forced to evacuate her New York downtown studio for a year post-9/11. Stein's Knights are shield-like forms ...
Category
2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 2), pink fantastical sculpture of female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT.
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
Category
2010s Abstract USA - Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Oil
