Late 20th Century Modern Bronze Sculpture, Gordon Newell's Untitled Abstract Form - Set of 4 Pieces

Description

Title: "Untitled" Abstract Form.
Artist: Blair Gordon Newell (1905-1998).
Period of Production: Circa 1970s.
Origin: Carmel, California, USA.
Medium: Cast … more Title: "Untitled" Abstract Form.
Artist: Blair Gordon Newell (1905-1998).
Period of Production: Circa 1970s.
Origin: Carmel, California, USA.
Medium: Cast bronze with copper patina.
Limitation: 1 of 8.
Signature: Incised with signature and edition on base.

Description: Offered is an abstract form bronze sculpture on a swivel marble and wood base, signed lower side, edition 1/8. Black/white photograph (14 x 11 inches) of the artist with a sculpture attributed to Roy Bishop.

Overall measures / Weight: 12 D x 7.75 H inches / 19 lb. 9.7 oz.
Sculpture measures / Weight: 11 W x 9 D x 5 H inches / 7 lb. 8.5 oz.
Marble base: 11 D x 1 H inches.
Wood base: 12 D x 1.75 H inches.

Provenance: Estate of Eleen Auvil (Artist), last resided in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The piece was acquired directly from the artist during the years 1965-1972 when Newell taught at the Sculpture Center in Monterey, California.

Includes: Sculpture, marble base, revolving wood base, black/white photo.

About the work: Thematically, the piece resembles hills or mountains. As with all of his work that at its core is skeletal, interpretations of nature in art can take many visual forms. This sculpture is reminiscent of a 1938 creation titled, 'Big Sur Mountains or Abstraction', medium - Sandstone, on exhibition at the Monterey Art Museum.

About the artist: Born in Petaluma, CA on Nov. 9, 1905. Gordon Newell studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles (1924-25), UC Berkeley (1927-28), and then was apprenticed to Ralph Stackpole for work on the San Francisco Stock Exchange (1929-32). He then moved to Los Angeles where he taught at the Chouinard Art School and Occidental College for the remainder of the 1930s. During the years 1965-72 he taught at the Sculpture Center in Monterey. He died at his home in Carmel, CA on Dec. 6, 1998. His works, mostly in granite, are non-objective.

Exhibits: Penguin Bookshop (LA), 1933; LA County Fairs, 1934-41; Centaur Gallery (Selma), 1934; Calif.-Pacific Int'l Expo (San Diego), 1935; Ebell Club (LA), 1935; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1935-38; UCLA, 1936; Carmel AA; Palos Verdes Library, 1937; Occidental College, 1938; LACMA, 1939; NY World's Fair, 1939; Monterey Peninsula Museum, 1975.

Installations: Honeyman State Park (Oregon); Occidental College, LA (relief panel); Fresno Mall (Valley Landing); Lompoc Public Library (Eagle); Planetarium (LA); Belmont High School (LA); Hollywood Post Office; White House (Washington, DC).

Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940".

During his long life, Gordon Newell created forms in stone that will endure for millenia. To call him merely a sculptor omits the greatness of spirit that animated the man and his work. less