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William Zorach
Seated Nude Woman Sculpture, Painted Plaster, Inscribed, Early 20th Century

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About the Item

William Zorach (American, 1887-1966) Seated Woman Painted plaster Inscribed underside "V" 12.5 x 9 x 5 inches Provenance: The Tatti Family Collection Bill Zorach was born in Lithuania in 1887, emigrated to the United States when he was four not knowing a word of English, grew up in poverty, and left school in seventh grade. He then worked unsuccessfully in a variety of low-paid, entry-level jobs. Finally apprenticing as a lithographer, he saved whatever he could, and paid his own way to art school, first in his hometown of Cleveland, then New York, and finally Paris. It was in Paris where he met Marguerite Zorach; she persuaded him of the merits of the startling new trends in art. He was successful in Paris from the beginning; he had four pictures accepted and two “hung in the line” at the juried, avant-garde Salon d’Automne. His paintings scandalized critics when he participated in the seminal Armory Show of 1913, the notorious show that introduced modernism to America. He also participated in a famous and much more selective exhibition, The Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters in 1916. He had a calling not just to be an artist but discovered, not long into his career, his specific calling to be a sculptor; he taught himself the principles and methods of sculpture. He soon abandoned oil painting but continued to paint with watercolors, which he loved; his watercolors are meditations and odes to the constantly changing world around him, its moods, light, colors, character, and specific features. While these two media differ dramatically from one another, Bill conveyed a shared message when he worked in them. As a sculptor along with a few others, he pioneered the art of direct carving, and was unique in often using very hard, colored, and patterned stones like granite boulders, which he often found himself on walks. His work was inspired by the stones he used and is more expressive (especially of love, strength, and inner peace), spontaneous, and simplified than that of his predecessors. There is also a spirituality to them. Bill was very thoughtful and articulate about his work. He can be mistaken as a conservative or representational sculptor only by those unfamiliar with his immediate predecessors. Critics, collectors, and the public greatly admired Bill because he treated subjects of longstanding importance and affection to humanity with freshness, dignity, and restraint while emphasizing sculptural values. He was among the best known and respected sculptors of his generation, wrote a text about sculpture that is still used today, and was also beloved as a teacher. He died in Maine in 1966.

Creator:
William Zorach (1887 - 1966, American)
Dimensions:
Height: 12.5 in (31.75 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)
Medium:
Plaster
Period:
Early 20th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Beachwood, OH
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1768216477142

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Born in 1887, by 1930, he was one of America’s premier 20th century sculptors and was honored with multiple commissions and exhibitions including at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and numerous others. He studied in New York City at the National Academy of Design and also in Paris under the mentoring of Jacques-Emile Blanche. It was in Paris in the first decade of the 20th century where Zorach’s path crossed with Marguerite, his soon to be wife. Both Marguerite and William were both represented in the landmark Armory Show of 1913. William continued to paint for the next two decades, but increasingly experimenting with sculpture. By the mid 20’s he was carving significant works in marble and stone. By the early 30’s, he abandoned painting entirely in favor of a new art form, sculpture. I t was in sculpture that Zorach found his true voice as an artist and achieved considerable success. “Sculpture, direct carving, was an expanding universe, a liberation and a natural form of expression to me.” Zorach stated. Museum Collections: Amon Carter Museum of American Art Arizona State University Art Museum Boca Raton Museum of Art Butler Institute of American Art Cleveland Artists Foundation Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Cornish Colony Museum Dallas Museum of Art Delaware Art Museum Edwin a Ulrich Museum of Art Farnsworth Art Museum Flint Institute of Arts Frederick R Weisman Art Museum Georgia Museum of Art Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art Jack S Blanton Museum of Art LaSalle University Art Museum Los Angeles County Museum of Art Lowe Art Museum Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum Memorial Art Gallery Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC Middlebury College Museum of Art Minneapolis Institute of Arts Mobile Museum of Art Museum of Fine Art-Boston Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Portland Museum of Art Smithsonian Museum of Art The Brooklyn Museum of Art The Canton Museum of Art The Columbus Museum of Art-Ohio The Columbus Museum-Georgia The Cummer Museum Of Art & Gardens The Currier Museum of Art The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art The Newark Museum The Phillips Collection The Phillips Museum of Art The University of Michigan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Worcester Art Museum Yosemite Museum

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