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Small Skull
Horn after Orvieto V
, bronze by Jack Zajac
$16,000
£12,194.58
€13,939.19
CA$22,510.99
A$24,660.09
CHF 12,980.11
MX$294,324.67
NOK 165,463.58
SEK 151,258.66
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About the Item
Having been awarded the prestigious Rome Prize by the American Academy in 1954, California artist Jack Zajac (born 1929) moved to Italy. Inspired by the goats and sheep he found in the surrounding countryside he has returned to their form many times throughout his career. This two piece bronze, mounted on marble, is dated 1976 and is number 2 in an edition of 12.
- Creator:Jack Zajac (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 12 in (30.48 cm)
- Style:Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1976
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Some small chips to stone base.
- Seller Location:Dallas, TX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU851837473042
Jack Zajac
Jack Zajac (1929) Sculptor Born Youngstown, Ohio, December 13, 1929. Education : Scripps College and with Millard Sheets, Henry McFee and Sueo Serisawa; American Academy in Rome. Holdings : Whitney Museum of American Art; Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles Museum of Art; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Israel Museum in Jerusalem; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Commissions : Reynolds Metals Company 1968; Wells Fargo Bank Plaza; University of California at Sant Cruz; Civic Center Mall in Inglewood, California; Civic Center Plaza at Huntington Beach, California. Exhibits : Whitney Museum Annual 1959; Recent Sculpture USA at the Museum of Modern Art 1959; American painting at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 1962; Fifty California Artists at the Whitney Museum of American Art 1962-1963; Pittsburgh International at the Carnegie 1965; retrospective at Newport Harbor Art Museum in Balboa, California 1965; Temple University in Rome 1969; Santa Barbara Museum 1975; Fine Arts Gallery in San Diego 1975; Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco 1984 and 1987; Monterey Penninsula Museum of Art in California 1988; Palo Alto Cultural Center 1988; Jack Zajac Sculpture 1954-1987 at Art Special Gallery the Oakland Museum 1990; Art Museum of Santa Cruz county 1993; solo shows at the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County 1993; Academy Art College in San Francisco 1996; Meditions on Falling Water and Other Works at Frederick Spratt 1997; Lost Wax Foundry Friends III at Conley Art Gallery at California State University in Fresno. Teaching : Instructor Pomona College 1959; Professor University of California Santa Cruz. Awards : Artist-in-Residence at the American Academy in Rome 1968; Artist-in-Residence at Dartmouth College 1970; Artist-in-Residence University of California at Santa Cruz 1969-1970.
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