'92 US Cast Copper Bas Relief Source Mask (Laura) Robert Graham (1938-2008)(MoJ)

Up for sale from a local estate in Honolulu Hawaii this 1992 US limited edition of 14 pieces cast copper bas-relief wall sculpture that is titled "Fragment Mask (Laura) and was created by the well known artist Robert Graham (1938-2008). The condition is described above for more information please check the photos. His sculptures are south after and in many collections it was offered by Sotheby's for a low estimate of $10,000.

Measurements:

19 inches x 16 inches x 4 inches

More about the artist:

Robert Graham, a realist sculptor of the female figure in often stylized poses as well as commemorative portraiture and monuments, was born in Mexico City, August 19, 1938. Graham came to Southern California from Mexico in 1952, becoming a citizen of the United States. He studied in California at San Jose State College, from 1961-1963, and San Francisco Art Institute, 1963-1964. He was a member of the National Academy of Design, New York City, elected an Associate in 1983; an Academician in 1994. He was married to the actress, Anjelica Huston.


In order to gain an unexpected or unexpectedly creative pose for his figural work, Graham may leave the nude model alone in his studio in front of a video camera. According to Graham, "In this way, the model ends up using the camera that looks at her and the monitor like a mirror and in half an hour, completely goes over a vocabulary of poses and something emerges that no longer has to do with posing."


Among his sculptural works are the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Washington DC including the figure of Roosevelt sitting in his wheelchair; the 30-foot high Duke Ellington Memorial in New York City in Harlem at the corner of Central Park; a monument to Charlie Parker in Kansas City; a bronze monument in honor of Joe Louis in Detroit; and Great Bronze Doors of Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in Los Angeles. Many pieces by him are in the office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California


Robert Graham one-man exhibitions:

1999 Contemporary Art Institute, Sapporo, Japan
City of Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, California
1998 Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery
with Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Francisco, California
Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1997 Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Galeria OMR, Mexico City
1996 Gagosian Gallery, New York
Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery
with Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Francisco, California
Remba Gallery, West Hollywood, California
Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
1995 Chac-Mool Gallery, Los Angeles
Mikimoto Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1994 Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, California
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Gagosian Gallery, New York
1993 Building Arts Gallery, Venice, California
FIAC'93, Galerie Neuendorf, Grand-Palais, Paris, France
1992 Robert Miller Gallery, New York
48 Market Street Gallery, Venice, California
1991 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1990 Mixografia Gallery, Los Angeles
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Galerie Neuendorf, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Fahnenmann, Berlin, Germany
Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles
48 Market Street, Venice, California
1989 Robert Miller Gallery, New York
1988 Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1985 48 Market Street, Fragments Exhibition, Venice, California
1984 Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles
ARCO Center for Visual Arts, Los Angeles
1982 Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Joslyn Art Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
1981 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
School of Visual Arts, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1980 Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1979 Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York
1978 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1977 Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
John Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1976 Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg/Cologne, Germany
Gimpel Fils, London, England
1975 Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Felicity Samuel Gallery, London, England
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Basel Art Fair
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1974 Felicity Samuel Gallery, London, England
Galerie Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg/Cologne, Germany
Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
1972 Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas,Texas
Galerie Herbert Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt, Germany
Courtney Sale Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1971 Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
1970 Galerie Mollenhoff, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg/Cologne, Germany
Galerie Rene Block, Berlin, Germany
Whitechapel Gallery, London, England
1969 Kornblee Gallery, New York
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1968 Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg/Cologne, Germany
Galerie Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Kornblee Gallery, New York
1967 Galerie Thelen, Essen, Germany
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1966 Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
1964 Lanyon Gallery, Palo Alto, California

Condition: 

The item is overall in good pre-owned condition, with a nice patina, it would benefit from a light cleaning and a cold waxing, ready to hang