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Period: 20th Century
Yves Klein Small IKB Venus Brooch Sculpture Jewel in International Klein Blue
By Yves Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Yves Klein, Small IKB Venus Brooch
Bronze multiple, painted with International Klein Blue (IKB).
From a model created in 1956.
Edition of 500 copies + 100...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Nude
By Ybah
Located in Pasadena, CA
After studying fine arts, a need for contact with solid material was needed. Ybah took a classic artistic path from an academic education from the Louvre reproductions, learning at t...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chanson d'Amour
Located in Boston, MA
Donald De Lue, American (1897-1988). Chanson d'Amour, 1986. Bronze, 15 1/2 inch height.
Bronze with Renaissance Brown patina, as well as Pewter patina on instrument. Number 1 in an...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Young woman seated with drapery
Located in PARIS, FR
Young woman seated with drapery
by Pierre-Marie POISSON (1876-1953)
Bronze sculpture with nuanced green patina
signed on the base "P. Poisson"
old cast
France
circa 1935-40
height...
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French School 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Kiss
Located in PARIS, FR
The Kiss
also named "Nymph and Faun"
by Jules DALOU (1838-1902)
A bronze group with a black patina
Signé "Dalou"
A very fine cast by "A.A. Hébrard" (with the foundry stamp)
The ca...
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French School 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Torso of a Woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Torso of a Woman
by Marcel GIMOND (1894-1961)
Avery fine nuanced brown chamotte sandstone sculpture
raised on a dark grey marble base
signed on the arm with the monogram "MG" for Ma...
Category
French School 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Lancelot II by Yann Guillon - Male nude bronze sculpture, torso, figurative
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Lancelot II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 50 × 25 × 17 cm (19.7 × 9.8 × 6.7 in). Height of the sculpture with the base: 60 cm (23.6 in).
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Contemporary 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ilithyia III by Yann Guillon - Female nude sculpture, figurative, bronze
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Ilithyia III is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 26 × 16 × 18 cm (10.2 × 6.3 × 7.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
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Contemporary 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hermaphrodite I by Yann Guillon - Bronze sculpture, nude torso
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Hermaphrodite I is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 31 cm × 25 cm × 20 cm (12.2 × 9.8 × 7.9 in). Dimensions of the metal base: 10 cm x 31 cm x 2...
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Contemporary 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Caroline's Torso by Yann Guillon - Nude Bronze Sculpture, Female Torso
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Caroline's Torso (Torse de Caroline) is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary sculptor Yann Guillon.
Limited edition of 8 + 4 artist's proof...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Purpose: The Archer by Walter P Brenner - Male Figure Bronze Sculpture, Allegory
Located in Paris, FR
Purpose: The Archer, bronze a sculpture by Guatemalan artist Walter Peter Brenner.
Brown patina made of iron nitrate with a wax finish.
Dimensions of the human figure: H122 cm, D14 ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Comedy
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre-Marie POISSON (1876-1953)
The Comedy
Bronze sculpture with black patina
signed on the base "P. Poisson"
Cast by Valsuani (with the foundry stamp)
Raised on a stone base
Fra...
Category
French School 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kneeling Nude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sculptor, engraver and medallist. Serge Zelikson received his secondary artistic education in his native country. In 1914 he arrived in Paris, where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Italian White Statuary Marble Torso Nude Sculpture Of Woman Grand Tour Classical
Located in Roma, IT
an interesting and elegant white statuary aged marble torso sculpture of a goddess, standing on a white marble squared plinth in ground style carved probably in Rome in the first hal...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Untitled" bronze sculpture of seated female figure by artist Felipe Castañeda
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" bronze sculpture of a female nude by artist Felipe Castañeda. Inscribed F. Castañeda 1984 P/A on base.
Category
Modern 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Solid Bronze Nude Ballet Dancer 'Preparation' by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Preparation' is a 20th Century Solid Bronze ballet Dancer by Benson Landes.
For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated wit...
Category
Realist 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vénus De Milo Aux Tiroirs By Salvador Dalí
Located in New Orleans, LA
Salvador Dalí
1904-1989 Spanish
Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs
(Venus de Milo with drawers)
Signed "Salvador Dalí EA III/IV" (on base)
Bronze
One of th...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Outdoor Italian Stone Garden Sculptures of Roman Mythological subject of Apollo
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Vicenza limestone of Apollo in Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto. Timeless decoration for your interior or garden.
Measurements: St...
Category
Academic 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Mother and child
Located in Täby, SE
Teuvo Kotilainen was born in 1925 in Rääkylä and died 2010 in Tampere. He was a finnish sculptor inspired by Jussi Mäntynen and his lynxs and he performed several himself but also or...
Category
Realist 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Aharon Bezalel Israeli Modernist Sculpture 2 Parts Minimalist Aluminum or Steel
Located in Surfside, FL
A suite of 2 sculptures. Lovers, man and woman nestled together. sleek minimalist mod sculpture.
polished finish on one side. not sure if theese are stell or aluminium. they are cast and signed in Hebrew with initials and numbered 9/9. It is 2 parts that nest together.
Aharon Bezalel (born Afghanistan 1926) Born in Afghanistan in 1926 and immigrated to Israel at an early age. As a youth was engaged as a silversmith and craftsman, and was a student of the sculptor Zev Ben-Zvi from whom he absorbed the basic concepts of classic and modernist art and interpreted, according to them, ideas based on ancient Hebrew sources.
Aharon Bezalel works and resides in Jerusalem, he taught art for many years.
“I saw myself as part of this region. I wanted to find the contact between my art and my surroundings. Those were the first years of Jean Piro’s excavations at the Beer-Sheba mound. They found there, for example, the Canaanite figurines that I especially liked and that were an element that connected me with the past and with this place.” “…a seed and sperm or male and female. These continue life. The singular, the individual alone, cannot exist; I learned this from my father who dabbled with the Kabbalah.”
(Aharon Bezalel, excerpt from an interview with David Gerstein)
“The singular in Aharon Bezalel’s work is always potentially a couple if not a threesome, the one is also the many: when the individual is revealed within the group he will always seek a huddling, a clinging together.
The principle of modular construction is required by this perception of unity and multiplicity, as modular construction in his work is an act of conception or defense.
Two poles of unity, potentially alone, exist in Aaron Bezalel’s world: From a formal, sculptural sense these are the sphere and pillar, metaphorically these are the female in the final stages of pregnancy and the solitary male individual. Sphere-seed-woman; Pillar-strand-man. The disproportional, small heads in Aharon Bezalel’s figures leave humankind in it’s primal physical capacity. The woman as a pregnancy or hips, the man as an aggressive or defensive force, the elongated chest serves as a phallus and weapon simultaneously.
(Gideon Ofrat)
EIN HAROD About the Museum's Holdings: Israeli art is represented by the works of Reuven Rubin, Zaritzky, Nahum Gutman, Mordechai Ardon, Aharon Kahana, Arie Lubin, Yehiel Shemi...
Category
Minimalist 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Maternitè allongee (petite)
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Egee debout h cm 50
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Egèe assise h cm 140
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Vestale debout d'après Volti
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 1 copy ( 1/1 )
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: b...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Maternité Allongée cm 90
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Germinal h cm 40
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Germinal h cm 110
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Femme Fleur
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 12 copies ( 8 + 4 P.A)
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculp...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Saint Michel
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, m...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Maria
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Femme chiffonnée monumentale
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Petite Femme Chiffonnèe
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Egee assise h cm 70
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
Category
20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Germinal h cm 40 (blue patina)
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the Indivision Antoniucci Volti
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, ...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bursting the Bounds
Located in Concord, MA
This De Lue design was chosen as the 111th issue of the prestigious Society of Medalists series. Both obverse and reverse bear a muscular nude constrained by the rectangular medal's ...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Ceramic Sculpture Vase Bronze Lustre FInish California Expressionist
By Jenik Cook
Located in Surfside, FL
Jenik Cook
Handmade ceramic vase or pot sculpture
Hand signed by the artist.
Fired clay with a luster bronze painted finish
Jenik Esterm Simonian Cook is a painter and ceramicist ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Luster, Paint
To The Ultimate Do We Pursue The Ideal
By Paul Manship
Located in Concord, MA
This is an iteration of Paul Manship's medal that features the artist Barry Faulkner on the obverse, and the inscription of that version is marked "Barry Faulkner Painter MXMXV (1915...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Terracotta figurativa italiana a tema mitologico dei primi del Novecento
Located in Florence, IT
Piccola terracotta a soggetto mitologico firmata sul retro sulla base "Zambini", che per la grafia (in particolare la Z che ricorda una F) permette di identificare l'artista con Ferr...
Category
Renaissance 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Joseph Wackerle Wood Sculpture "Flora", 1920
By Joseph Wackerle
Located in Berlin, DE
An impressiv sculpture by Joseph Wackerle ( 1880-1959 ). One of a kind from 1920, Germany. Wood, carved.
Height: 59.06 in ( 150 cm ), Width: 12.6 in ( 32 cm ), Depth: 12.6 in ( 32 cm )
Category
Realist 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sculpture Torso White Marble Of Heracles Italian Grand Tour Style Classical
Located in Roma, IT
a white marble statuary aged torso sculpture of Heracles, standing on a three order circular white veined marble with a stainless steel pin.
The sculpture anatomically and detailed c...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Eva
Located in Täby, SE
This piece in golden bronze signed and numbered 4/10 Foundry Stamp Herman Bergman was casted in the 70ths as a tribute to woman as strong, intelligent an reflecting human beings unl...
Category
Art Nouveau 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Italian Rationalist Marble Sculptures of Hercules and Discobolo
Located in Rome, IT
This monumental pair of sculptures in "Bardiglio" marble represent Greek Athlete of Discobolo and the Hercules figure with a lion pelt, on a cylindrical base . Exaltation of the male...
Category
Modern 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Female torso
Located in Täby, SE
Gunnar Knut Nilsson, born 1904 in Karlskrona, died 1995 in Versailles in France, was a Swedish sculptor. Gunnar Nilsson studied watercolor painting and modeling at the Technical Vocational School in Karlskrona in 1918-19 and on his own in addition to working as a clerk at Finspångs Metallwerk. His debut exhibition was in Finspång in 1927. With the help of a local fundraiser, and after the encouragement of Carl Eldh, he traveled to Paris in 1928 to study sculpture for, among others, Charles Despiau and Paul Niclausse. In Paris he socialized with Bror Hjorth, whose former studio he also rented, Carl Frisendahl and Alberto Giacometti. He came to belong to "Le groupe des Neuf'' with Paul Cornet...
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French School 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dancing Nude Bronze of a Woman "Femme Dansant, 1910"
Located in Brookville, NY
Dancing Nude Bronze by Charles Rumsey is one of many figures he depicted of women. He has usually been known for his sculptures of horses, polo players, wildlife and dogs, mainly du...
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20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled Standing Figure No. 3
By Manuel Neri
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled Standing Figure No. 3" is a bronze sculpture made by Manuel Neri in 1992. The work is number 1 from an edition of 4. The piece is stamped on base, "Manuel Neri 1/4 1980 C"....
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture Marble Torso Man Classical Roman Grand Tour Style 20th Century italian
Located in Roma, IT
An aged statuary classical greek roman marble torso sculpture of an athlete, grand tour style central Italy early 20th century.
The nude body of the athlete standing on his right le...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Hombre Colorado II
By Manuel Neri
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Hombre Colorado II" is a papier-mâché sculpture made by Manuel Neri in 1958. The total dimensions of the piece are 65.5 x 27 x 10 inches.
This work is a good representation of the ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Papier Mâché
Dame Elisabeth Frink. Bronze Maquette for Man and Eagle in Relief.Numbered 1/7.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Dame Elisabeth Frink.
English ( b.1930 - d.1993 ).
Maquette for Man and Eagle.
Bronze with gold brown patina
Signed and numbered 1/7 lower left
Size 8.7 inches x 10.2 inches ( 22cm x 26cm ).
Depth 2.8 inches ( 7cm )
Weight 7.1lb ( 3.24KG)
Available for sale; this original bronze plaque with raised relief is by Dame Elisabeth Frink and was conceived and cast in 1967.
The maquette is presented and supplied unmounted. There is the option to hang the plaque from 2 rings applied to the rear when in previous ownership.
This vintage bronze plaque...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Woman Seated A Bronze Sculpture of a Woman by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
The bronze sculpture of a woman by Charles Rumsey is undated, but was created at a point in his career where he began to transition from realism to more modern, looser depictions of ...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Demetre Chiparus Bronze Sculpture, Nude Female
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Demetre Chiparus (Romanian, 1886-1947)
Marking(s); notes: signed; 1914
Materials: bronze, enamel, marble (base)
Dimensions (H, W, D): 27.5"oah, 12"w, 6...
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20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Art Deco Signed Original Bronze Woman Portrait Limited Edition Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed and numbered art deco sculpture by Erte. Painted Bronze cica 1987.
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion
Located in New York, NY
1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion
Bronze on wood. The wood plaque measures 12 3/4" by 20 3/4 inches. The bronze plaque itself is 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches and the the bronze inscription, which reads "COTY, American Fashion Critics Special Award 1961 to KENNETH of LILY DACHE...
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American Modern 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
White Statuary Aged Marble Torso Man Sculpture Classical Greek Roman Grand Tour
Located in Roma, IT
An aged statuary classical greek roman marble torso sculpture of an athlete, grand tour style central Italy early 20th century.
The nude body of the athlete standing on his right le...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
White Marble Nude Torso Sculpture Apollo Grand Tour Style Classical 20th Italian
Located in Roma, IT
A white marble nude torso sculpture of the god Apollo in grand tour style, classical greek carved in the 20th century, probably Italia centrale.
Apollo depicted nude with a releva...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Reclining Nude resin bronze sculpture of a girl
Located in London, GB
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Reclining Nude
Resin bronze
56 x 26 cm
An enigmatic resin bronze sculpture of...
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20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Bathing Nude Female Statue by Guillaume Dumont 1923
Located in Oakland, CA
The French Art Deco Bathing Nude Female Statue, crafted by the Belgian sculptor Guillaume Dumont in 1923, is a testament to his artistic brilliance. Dumont, born in 1889, though the ...
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Art Deco 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Bergmann Orientalist Arab Slave Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze Signed 1910
Located in Portland, OR
A very large 24" (61cm) Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861-1936) cold painted bronze group statue, signed, Austria, circa 1910.
The bronze in the Orientalist manner & depicts a young slave ...
Category
Art Nouveau 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
Eugenie Gershoy (January 1, 1901 – May 8, 1986) was an American sculptor and watercolorist. Eugenie Gershoy was born in Krivoy Rog, Russia (Krivoi Rog, Ukraine) and emigrated to New York City in the United States as a child in 1903. Considered somewhat of a child prodigy, Gershoy was copying Old Master drawings at the age of 5. Her interest and talent in art was encouraged from a very young age. Aided by scholarships, she studied at the Art Students League under Alexander Stirling Calder, Leo Lentelli, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Boardman Robinson. Around this time, she created a group of portrait figurines of her fellow artists, including Arnold Blanch, Lucile Blanch, Raphael Soyer, William Zorach, Concetta Scaravaglione, and Emil Ganso, which were exhibited as a group at the Whitney Museum of American Art. At age 17, she was awarded the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draughtsmanship. Early in her career she became an active member of the Woodstock art colony. In Woodstock she experimented by sculpting in the profusion of indigenous materials that she found. Working with fieldstone, oak and chestnut, Gershoy created works based on classic formulae. As she became more interested in the dynamism of everyday life, she found that these materials and her idiom were too restrictive. By the time Gershoy came to Woodstock in 1921 her own individual artistic style was already evident in her sculptures. Eugenie Gershoy worked in stone, bronze, terracotta, plaster and papier-mache. Gershoy’s sculptures were mainly figurative in nature and many of her artist peers such as Carl Walters, Raphael and Moses Soyer, William Zorach and Lucille Blanch, became her subjects. Eugenie Gershoy’s works on paper should not be overlooked. She was the winner of the Gaudens Medal for Fine Draughtsmanship at the tender age of 17. Gershoy married Jewish Romanian-born artist Harry Gottlieb. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the pair kept a studio in Woodstock, New York. There, Gershoy was influenced by sculptor John Flanagan, who lived and worked nearby.
From 1936 to 1939, Gershoy worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. She collaborated with Max Spivak on murals for the children's recreation room of the Queens Borough Public Library in Astoria, New York. She developed a mixture of wheat paste, plaster, and egg tempera, which she used in polychrome papier-mâché sculptures; she was the only New York sculptor to work in polychrome at this time. She also designed cement and mosaic sculptures of animals and figures to be placed in New York City playgrounds. Alongside others employed by the FAP, she participated in a sit-down strike in Washington, DC, to advocate for better pay and improved working conditions for the projects' artists.
Gershoy's first solo exhibition was held at the Robinson Gallery in New York in 1940. She moved to San Francisco in 1942, and began teaching ceramics at the California School of Fine Arts in 1946. In 1950, she studied at the artists' colony at Yaddo.
Gershoy traveled extensively throughout her life. She visited England and France in the early 1930s, and worked in Paris in 1951. She traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in the late 1940s, and also toured Africa, India, and the Orient in 1955.
In 1977, Gershoy dedicated a sculpture to Audrey McMahon, who was actively involved in the creation of the Federal Art Project and served as its regional director in New York, in recognition of the work McMahon provided struggling artists in the 1930s.
Gershoy's work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her papers are held at Syracuse University Grant Arnold introduced her to lithography in 1930 and Gershoy depicted many scenes of Woodstock artists and their daily activities through this medium. From 1942 to 1966 Gershoy lived and painted in San Francisco where she taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. She traveled extensively, filling sketchbooks with scenes of Mexico, France, Spain, Africa and India. During her later years Eugenie Gershoy returned to New York City and concentrated on numerous well received exhibitions. Her last exhibition in at Sid Deutsch Gallery included many of the sculptures that were later exhibited in the Fletcher Gallery.
John Russell, former chief critic of fine arts for the New York Times, writes about the 1986 Sid Deutsch exhibition:
“As Eugenie Gershoy won the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draftsmanship as long ago as 1914 and since 1967 has had 15 papier-mache portrait figures suspended from the ceiling of the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea, she must be ranked as a veteran of the New York scene. Her present exhibition includes not only the high-spirited papier-mache sculptures for which she is best known but a group of small portraits of artists, mostly dating from the 30’s, that is strongly evocative.”
Eugenie Gershoy is an artist to take note of for several reasons. She was a woman who received great awards and recognition during a time when most female artists were struggling to hold their own against their male counterparts. As a young girl she won a scholarship to the Arts Student League where she met Hannah Small...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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