Lot 91: JOSEPH KISELEWSKI (1901-1986)

inscribed ©/J. Kiselewski with the Gargani Fdry NY foundry mark bronze, greenish brown patina The present work is one of two known examples cast by Gargani Foundry in 1937. In a letter dated March 25, 1942, Joseph Kiselewski writes that Sea Horse was modeled in his New York studio over a period of several years and completed a few months prior to the acquisition of one of the casts by the Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina. Mr. Kiselewski also mentions that four silver painted cement copies of Sea Horse were displayed in a fountain pool at the 1939 World's Fair. At the close of the fair, the cement versions were destroyed. A copy of Mr. Kiselewski's letter and the book A Century of American Sculpture: Treasures from Brookgreen Gardens by A. Hyatt Mayor et al. will accompany this lot.

Grand Central Art Galleries, New York Sterling Forest Gardens, New York Roman Bronze Works, Corona, New York, 1979 Palace Gallery, New York Acquired by the present owner in 1989