Joseph Kiselewski

Lot 139: 'Sea Horse'

Name: 'Sea Horse'
Brand: Christie's
SKU: b03qgibq7h

Est: $3,000 USD - $5,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USMarch 09, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Joseph Kiselewski (1901-1986)
'Sea Horse'
painted plaster with bronze powder
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high on a wood base, 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high
Executed circa 1937.

Artist or Maker

Joseph Kiselewski

Exhibited

New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Primary Models: American Plasters, 1880-1945, March 3-April 14, 1990.

Literature

Hirsch & Adler Galleries, Primary Models: American Plasters, 1880-1945, exhibition catalogue, p. 60, no. 48, illustrated.
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, 1968, pp. 356-7, bronze example illustrated.
W.H. Rawls, A Century of American Sculpture: Treasures from Brookgreen Gardens, New York, 1988, p. 90, bronze example illustrated.

Notes

The present work is a study for 'Sea Horse' measuring 45 inches high, that the artist modeled in New York in 1937. Four bronzes in that scale were placed in pools as fountains by the Radio Corporation of America at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Auction Details

Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

Christie's

March 09, 2007, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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