Raymond John Kaskey Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Raymond John Kaskey Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 16, 2023
Raymond Kaskey Bronze, WWII Monument
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
(Washington, D.C., born 1943) Maquette for the Baldacchino, National WWII Monument, Washington, D.C., ed. 3/20, artist's stamp on edge, patinated bronze, 16 x 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 in. Raymond Kaskey is an American sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Located on 17th Street, between Constitution and Independence Avenues in D.C. is the WWII Memorial. Finished in 2004, this monumental piece of art honors the more than 400,000 people who died in the second World War. Raymond Kaskey, working alongside Architect Friedrich St. Florian, played a huge role in its design and construction. Featured throughout are Kaskey's "four bronze columns, eight bronze eagles, two bronze laurel wreaths for the archways, twenty four bronze bas reliefs for the ceremonial entrance, four thousand and forty eight sculpted gold stars for the Freedom Wall, one hundred and twelve bronze wreaths with armatures, fifty two bronze ropes for the pillars, and two flagpoles which mark the entrance to the Memorial." Brunk Auctions is pleased to present a maquette for this piece from the artist. (Brown, Stephen R. Jewel of the Mall: The World War II Memorial. Stephen R. Brown, 2011.) Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Sep. 16, 2023
Raymond Kaskey Bronze
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
(Washington, D. C., born 1943) Hercules and Oney Judge, design for commission contest, unsigned, patinated bronze in a green marble base, 11-1/2 x 9 x 6-1/2 in. Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Kaskey has made it a personal project to reflect on and honor black history. He entered a contest with this bronze for a commission from the House of Representatives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a powerful depiction of two black slaves that escaped George Washington's household in Philadelphia. The female is Ona or "Oney" Judge. She became Martha Washington's personal maid as a teenager. In 1796, Ona escaped to New Hampshire, where she lived until her 1848 death. In New Hampshire, she married a free black sailor named Jack Staines and had three children, who all died before her. "After Ona Judge escaped from Philadelphia, Washington attempted to recapture her. He found out where she was when a friend of Martha Washington's granddaughter happened to encounter Judge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Washington wrote to the collector of customs in Portsmouth, requesting that he apprehend Judge and send her back. The New Hampshire official, after speaking with Judge, declined to do so. Two years later, Washington asked his secretary and nephew, Burwell Bassett, Jr., to seize Judge and her child, born after her escape. Bassett confided his intentions to John Langdon, the governor of New Hampshire, while dining with him, but Langdon sent a warning to Judge. She escaped yet again and fled the town with her child. Near the end of her life, when Judge was old and had outlived all of her family, people who spoke with her were impressed by her dignity, her faith in God, and her abiding love of freedom." The male figure is Hercules, the chief cook during Washington's stay in Philadelphia. He was celebrated for his mastery of his craft and exacting standards for kitchen workers. Accounts differ about his flight to freedom, but Hercules fled from bondage in 1797. Hercules would have been legally freed by the terms of Washington's will, but his wife and children remained in bondage as dower slaves. "Hercules, known in the family as "Uncle Harkness," may have been the most privileged of the house enslaved. As their grandson recalled, Hercules maintained strict discipline in the kitchen. For state dinners, "it was surprising the order and discipline that was observed in so bustling a scene." Perhaps in appreciation, the President allowed Hercules to sell the leftovers from state banquets. With this income, he improved his wardrobe. He was seen in clothing made of linen "of unexceptional whiteness and quality" with black silk breeches, waistcoat, and stockings. Donning a blue coat with a velvet collar and bright metal buttons, Hercules was known to enjoy his "evening promenade" with a gold-headed cane in hand. In 1791, Hercules knew that he was being sent home to avoid gaining his freedom legally through Pennsylvania's Gradual Abolition Act. He expressed his dismay that anyone would "think that a suspicion would be entertained of his fidelity." Martha Washington chose to let him remain past the six-month mark to appease his feelings. Hercules remained in service, hiding what likely was his plan to escape. When Hercules' son Richmond was caught stealing at Mount Vernon in the summer of 1796, Washington took the precaution to leave Hercules in Virginia. While Washington was enjoying his birthday celebration in Philadelphia the next February, it was reported that Hercules went missing from Mount Vernon. Despite efforts to locate and recapture him, Hercules remained free." (Source: National Park Website, President's House Site: Enslaved People in the Washington Household, https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/enslaved-people.htm) Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Sep. 16, 2023
Important Raymond Kaskey Bronze, Justice
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
(Washington, D. C., born 1943) Study for Justice, 1994-95, central figure for a monumental sundial, United States Courthouse, Shreveport, Louisiana, unsigned, patinated bronze with green marble plinth, 35 x 41 x 10 in. Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Presented here is a preliminary study for Kaskey's Justice, which stands in the front plaza before the Shreveport Federal Court House in Shreveport, Louisiana. Kaskey eventually combined several classical elements in rendering his representation of Justice as a winged, garbed, and hooded female figure, from her blindfold and scales indicative of impartiality, her sword representative of protection, to the sundial atop which she stands, reminding the viewer that justice requires both expedition and deliberation. The finished monument received the Shreveport Beautification Foundation Honor Award following its installation at the Court House. This study was executed as a nude and without many of the details later added to the finished piece. It reveals an incredibly moving underlying power. Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 21, 2023
Raymond Kaskey Bronze, WWII Monument
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
(Washington, D.C., born 1943) Maquette for the Baldacchino, National WWII Monument, Washington, D.C., ed. 3/20, artist's stamp on edge, patinated bronze, 16 x 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 in. Raymond Kaskey is an American sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Located on 17th Street, between Constitution and Independence Avenues in D.C. is the WWII Memorial. Finished in 2004, this monumental piece of art honors the more than 400,000 people who died in the second World War. Raymond Kaskey, working alongside Architect Friedrich St. Florian, played a huge role in its design and construction. Featured throughout are Kaskey's "four bronze columns, eight bronze eagles, two bronze laurel wreaths for the archways, twenty four bronze bas reliefs for the ceremonial entrance, four thousand and forty eight sculpted gold stars for the Freedom Wall, one hundred and twelve bronze wreaths with armatures, fifty two bronze ropes for the pillars, and two flagpoles which mark the entrance to the Memorial." Brunk Auctions is pleased to present a maquette for this piece from the artist. (Brown, Stephen R. Jewel of the Mall: The World War II Memorial. Stephen R. Brown, 2011.) Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 21, 2023
Raymond Kaskey Bronze
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
(Washington, D. C., born 1943) Hercules and Oney Judge, design for commission contest, unsigned, patinated bronze in a green marble base, 11-1/2 x 9 x 6-1/2 in. Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Kaskey has made it a personal project to reflect on and honor black history. He entered a contest with this bronze for a commission from the House of Representatives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a powerful depiction of two black slaves that escaped George Washington's household in Philadelphia. The female is Ona or "Oney" Judge. She became Martha Washington's personal maid as a teenager. In 1796, Ona escaped to New Hampshire, where she lived until her 1848 death. In New Hampshire, she married a free black sailor named Jack Staines and had three children, who all died before her. "After Ona Judge escaped from Philadelphia, Washington attempted to recapture her. He found out where she was when a friend of Martha Washington's granddaughter happened to encounter Judge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Washington wrote to the collector of customs in Portsmouth, requesting that he apprehend Judge and send her back. The New Hampshire official, after speaking with Judge, declined to do so. Two years later, Washington asked his secretary and nephew, Burwell Bassett, Jr., to seize Judge and her child, born after her escape. Bassett confided his intentions to John Langdon, the governor of New Hampshire, while dining with him, but Langdon sent a warning to Judge. She escaped yet again and fled the town with her child. Near the end of her life, when Judge was old and had outlived all of her family, people who spoke with her were impressed by her dignity, her faith in God, and her abiding love of freedom." The male figure is Hercules, the chief cook during Washington's stay in Philadelphia. He was celebrated for his mastery of his craft and exacting standards for kitchen workers. Accounts differ about his flight to freedom, but Hercules fled from bondage in 1797. Hercules would have been legally freed by the terms of Washington's will, but his wife and children remained in bondage as dower slaves. "Hercules, known in the family as “Uncle Harkness,” may have been the most privileged of the house enslaved. As their grandson recalled, Hercules maintained strict discipline in the kitchen. For state dinners, “it was surprising the order and discipline that was observed in so bustling a scene.” Perhaps in appreciation, the President allowed Hercules to sell the leftovers from state banquets. With this income, he improved his wardrobe. He was seen in clothing made of linen “of unexceptional whiteness and quality” with black silk breeches, waistcoat, and stockings. Donning a blue coat with a velvet collar and bright metal buttons, Hercules was known to enjoy his “evening promenade” with a gold-headed cane in hand. In 1791, Hercules knew that he was being sent home to avoid gaining his freedom legally through Pennsylvania’s Gradual Abolition Act. He expressed his dismay that anyone would “think that a suspicion would be entertained of his fidelity.” Martha Washington chose to let him remain past the six-month mark to appease his feelings. Hercules remained in service, hiding what likely was his plan to escape. When Hercules' son Richmond was caught stealing at Mount Vernon in the summer of 1796, Washington took the precaution to leave Hercules in Virginia. While Washington was enjoying his birthday celebration in Philadelphia the next February, it was reported that Hercules went missing from Mount Vernon. Despite efforts to locate and recapture him, Hercules remained free." (Source: National Park Website, President's House Site: Enslaved People in the Washington Household, https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/enslaved-people.htm) Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Apr. 21, 2023
Important Raymond Kaskey Bronze, Justice
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
(Washington, D. C., born 1943) Study for Justice, 1994-95, central figure for a monumental sundial, United States Courthouse, Shreveport, Louisiana, unsigned, patinated bronze with green marble plinth, 35 x 41 x 10 in. Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Presented here is a preliminary study for Kaskey's Justice, which stands in the front plaza before the Shreveport Federal Court House in Shreveport, Louisiana. Kaskey eventually combined several classical elements in rendering his representation of Justice as a winged, garbed, and hooded female figure, from her blindfold and scales indicative of impartiality, her sword representative of protection, to the sundial atop which she stands, reminding the viewer that justice requires both expedition and deliberation. The finished monument received the Shreveport Beautification Foundation Honor Award following its installation at the Court House. This study was executed as a nude and without many of the details later added to the finished piece. It reveals an incredibly moving underlying power. Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 13, 2022
Ray Kaskey Sculptural Candelabra
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
(Washington, D.C., born 1943) Apollo and Daphne, 2005, edition 2/20, after a sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Borghese Gallery and Museum, signed "RK/05", patinated bronze, 17-3/4 x 12 x 13 in. Note: Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Kaskey has only cast two of these extraordinary sculptural candelabras - this example, and one he keeps at his home. Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 13, 2022
Raymond Kaskey Bronze
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
(Washington, D. C., born 1943) Iphigenia, edition 16/20, signed "Kaskey", patinated bronze rotating on a black marble pedestal base, 18 x 16 x 5-1/2 in. Note: Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. While the Greek army was preparing to set sail for Troy during the Trojan War, Agamemnon caused the anger of the goddess Artemis by killing a sacred deer. In retaliation, she stopped all winds leaving the ships stalled. Agamemnon was convinced he had to appease the goddess and sacrificed Iphigenia to her. Kaskey renders her here in full movement, her sacrifice having freed the ships to sail, in essence becoming the wind herself visually. . Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 13, 2022
Raymond Kaskey Bronze
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
(Washington, D. C., born 1943) Hercules and Oney Judge, design for commission contest, unsigned, patinated bronze in a green marble base, 11-1/2 x 9 x 6-1/2 in. Note: Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Kaskey has made it a personal project to reflect on and honor black history. He entered a contest with this bronze for a commission from the House of Representatives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a powerful depiction of two black slaves that escaped George Washington's household in Philadelphia. The female is Ona or "Oney" Judge. She became Martha Washington's personal maid as a teenager. In 1796, Ona escaped to New Hampshire, where she lived until her 1848 death. In New Hampshire, she married a free black sailor named Jack Staines and had three children, who all died before her. "After Ona Judge escaped from Philadelphia, Washington attempted to recapture her. He found out where she was when a friend of Martha Washington's granddaughter happened to encounter Judge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Washington wrote to the collector of customs in Portsmouth, requesting that he apprehend Judge and send her back. The New Hampshire official, after speaking with Judge, declined to do so. Two years later, Washington asked his secretary and nephew, Burwell Bassett, Jr., to seize Judge and her child, born after her escape. Bassett confided his intentions to John Langdon, the governor of New Hampshire, while dining with him, but Langdon sent a warning to Judge. She escaped yet again and fled the town with her child. Near the end of her life, when Judge was old and had outlived all of her family, people who spoke with her were impressed by her dignity, her faith in God, and her abiding love of freedom." The male figure is Hercules, the chief cook during Washington's stay in Philadelphia. He was celebrated for his mastery of his craft and exacting standards for kitchen workers. Accounts differ about his flight to freedom, but Hercules fled from bondage in 1797. Hercules would have been legally freed by the terms of Washington's will, but his wife and children remained in bondage as dower slaves. "Hercules, known in the family as ?Uncle Harkness,? may have been the most privileged of the house enslaved. As their grandson recalled, Hercules maintained strict discipline in the kitchen. For state dinners, ?it was surprising the order and discipline that was observed in so bustling a scene.? Perhaps in appreciation, the President allowed Hercules to sell the leftovers from state banquets. With this income, he improved his wardrobe. He was seen in clothing made of linen ?of unexceptional whiteness and quality? with black silk breeches, waistcoat, and stockings. Donning a blue coat with a velvet collar and bright metal buttons, Hercules was known to enjoy his ?evening promenade? with a gold-headed cane in hand. In 1791, Hercules knew that he was being sent home to avoid gaining his freedom legally through Pennsylvania?s Gradual Abolition Act. He expressed his dismay that anyone would ?think that a suspicion would be entertained of his fidelity.? Martha Washington chose to let him remain past the six-month mark to appease his feelings. Hercules remained in service, hiding what likely was his plan to escape. When Hercules' son Richmond was caught stealing at Mount Vernon in the summer of 1796, Washington took the precaution to leave Hercules in Virginia. While Washington was enjoying his birthday celebration in Philadelphia the next February, it was reported that Hercules went missing from Mount Vernon. Despite efforts to locate and recapture him, Hercules remained free." (Source: National Park Website, President's House Site: Enslaved People in the Washington Household, https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/enslaved-people.htm) Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 13, 2022
Ray Kaskey Bronze, Corner Caryatid
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
(Washington, D.C. born 1943) A reclining nude on an architectural corner element, patinated bronze, 14-1/4 x 14-1/2 x 14-1/2 in. Note: Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Ray Kaskey states the importance of this piece to his career, "I began exhibiting as a member of The National Sculpture Society in New York City in the late 70s. In 1981 I won the Mrs. Louis Bennett Award for the Corner Caryatid, I believe for the original way it combined sculpture in the round with traditional relief. When I responded to the call for entry in the Portlandia competition with six slides, it was the Corner Caryatid that impressed Michael Graves and admitted me to the 2nd phase of the competition, which I ultimately won, and led to a career doing public monuments." Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 13, 2022
Raymond Kaskey Bronze, Queen Charlotte
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
(Washington, D.C., born 1943) Maquette for the 1988-90 fountain and figure of Queen Charlotte for the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, unsigned, patinated bronze with green marble pillar base, 18 x 11 x 9 in. Note: Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. The sculpture Queen Charlotte (1990) stands just outside the terminal for the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Standing 15 feet tall the statue is composed of bronze and is modeled after the namesake of the city. Raymond Kaskey was selected out of a group of 16 artists to create the statue.. Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 13, 2022
Raymond Kaskey Bronze, WWII Monument
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
(Washington, D.C., born 1943) Maquette for the Baldacchino, National WWII Monument, Washington, D.C., ed. 3/20, artist's stamp on edge, patinated bronze, 16 x 10-1/2 x 10-1/2 in. Note: Raymond Kaskey is an American sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Located on 17th Street, between Constitution and Independence Avenues in D.C. is the WWII Memorial. Finished in 2004, this monumental piece of art honors the more than 400,000 people who died in the second World War. Raymond Kaskey, working alongside Architect Friedrich St. Florian, played a huge role in its design and construction. Featured throughout are Kaskey's "four bronze columns, eight bronze eagles, two bronze laurel wreaths for the archways, twenty four bronze bas reliefs for the ceremonial entrance, four thousand and forty eight sculpted gold stars for the Freedom Wall, one hundred and twelve bronze wreaths with armatures, fifty two bronze ropes for the pillars, and two flagpoles which mark the entrance to the Memorial." Brunk Auctions is pleased to present a maquette for this piece from the artist. (Brown, Stephen R. Jewel of the Mall: The World War II Memorial. Stephen R. Brown, 2011.) . Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 13, 2022
Important Raymond Kaskey Bronze, Justice
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
(Washington, D. C., born 1943) Study for Justice, 1994-95, central figure for a monumental sundial, United States Courthouse, Shreveport, Louisiana, unsigned, patinated bronze with green marble plinth, 35 x 41 x 10 in. Noe: Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. Presented here is a preliminary study for Kaskey's Justice, which stands in the front plaza before the Shreveport Federal Court House in Shreveport, Louisiana. Kaskey eventually combined several classical elements in rendering his representation of Justice as a winged, garbed, and hooded female figure, from her blindfold and scales indicative of impartiality, her sword representative of protection, to the sundial atop which she stands, reminding the viewer that justice requires both expedition and deliberation. The finished monument received the Shreveport Beautification Foundation Honor Award following its installation at the Court House. This study was executed as a nude and without many of the details later added to the finished piece. It reveals an incredibly moving underlying power. . Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Oct. 13, 2022
Rare and Important Raymond Kaskey Bronze, Portlandia
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
(Washington, D.C., born 1943) Portlandia, 1986-87, the sole artist's proof, signed "R. J. Kaskey" and inscribed "MC 1", patinated bronze, with stained black wood base, 49 x 30 x 22 in. Note: Raymond Kaskey is an American sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon. At 38 feet tall, Portlandia (1985) is the second largest hammered copper sculpture in the United States, surpassed only by the Statue of Liberty. The sculpture is based on the female figure representing commerce featured on the Portland City Seal. She sits atop the second floor platform of the Public Services Building. Kaskey began work on the sculpture after winning a 1982 competition hosted by Portland's Metropolitan Arts Commission. The completion and installation of the sculpture was a long and arduous process which was finally completed after three years of work, marking the success one of Kaskey's most prolific commissions in his career. Presented here is the only artist's proof of this monumental sculpture to come to market.. Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Brunk Auctions
Dec. 02, 2017
Raymond John Kaskey (born 1943) Portlandia Bronze
Est: $150 - $250
Raymond John Kaskey (born 1943) signed and numbered bronze titled Portlandia. Signed on base, dated 1985 and #438/500. Measures 10.5" tall x 8". Excellent condition. We ship most items in-house with the exception of furniture, large or heavy artwork, heavier items or extremely fragile items.
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