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Details
- Dimensions
- 13.5ʺW × 5ʺD × 15ʺH
- Styles
- Abstract
- Period
- 1960s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Plaster
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- In good Vintage condition with scratches or paint loss in some areas. Please see all photos for additional details. Thank … moreIn good Vintage condition with scratches or paint loss in some areas. Please see all photos for additional details. Thank You! less
- Description
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Artist Rima Padova black painted plaster sculpture, depicting a lady playing guitar, signed and numbered- 980.
Measures:
13.5" w x … more Artist Rima Padova black painted plaster sculpture, depicting a lady playing guitar, signed and numbered- 980.
Measures:
13.5" w x 5.0" d x 15.0" h / Inches
In good Vintage condition with scratches or paint loss in some areas. Please see all photos for additional details.
Thank You!
Rima made unusual abstract jewelry and fine art sculpture for several decades. She studied with the Art Students League, the Pratt Institute, the Museum of Modern Art School, the Sculpture Center, the Educational Alliance and Preferred Casting of New York. Her work was widely shown in gallery exhibitions across the United States and Canada, including a traveling show to Japan, organized by the Walker Art Center. Her work received publicity in Vogue, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, the New York Times, Interiors Magazine and on TV. Her work was also featured in books about contemporary jewelry.
Rima taught design for wax castings at Jewelry Workshop and Gallery of New York and at the Abbey School of Jewelry Design in New York. She gave workshops in the “foil” method of stained glass making at Tiffany’s in New York, and she instructed modeling in clay and wax, in mold making and plaster casting in numerous settings. Other teaching posts included Parson’s School of Design in New York and the Jewelry Institute of Providence,
Rima designed and made jewelry models for manufacturers, stores and industry, and was commissioned by Metropolitan Museum, Cartier, Katram, Jad Jewelry and others. Rima’s special sculpture commissions included relief portrait medallions of President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and a “Mother of the Year Award“ Sculpture. A commemorative plaque Rima made for the Anti-Defamation league was presented to Eleanor Roosevelt and to President Truman.Rima passed on in 2006 less
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