Lot 382: Roy Gussow (NY/CO, 1918-2011), "Tetra"

Roy Gussow (NY/CO, 1918-2011), "Tetra"
abstract bronze sculpture mounted to an ebonized wood base inscribed "Tetra / R. Gussow '59."
HOA 9 1/8 in.


Roy Gussow, born in Brooklyn, came to North Carolina State University in 1951 as a visiting professor. He became an associate professor at the NCSU College of Design in 1952 an a full professor by 1958. In 1962 he returned to NYC and later opened a large studio in an old silverplate manufactory on Long Island. His influence on the early design school is memorialized by "Ellipsoid Construction" (or "The Egg"), a chromium steel sculpture on the NCSU campus.

Several minor original casting flaws; some rubbing to wood base.