Bronze nude woman on swing noted Israeli artist Dalia Riesel

An immense and heavy bronze by the noted artist Jeff Day. he is currently in China but we managed to converse with him. He identified the work and the approximate year it was cast and how heard it was to make. He thinks he signed it although we can't find his mark. it is quite impressive and has a beautiful gold flecked patina. There is a fracture in the center small and hard to spot that occurred in the casting. This is a unique piece. There are some minor losses to the patina near the base and minor nicks and scratches. The base has been repaired in one corner. One other corner is missing the wood trim, pictured. The piece and shows its age with age appropriate wear. Biography: One and Two Person Shows 2012 Circle Gallery, Shenzhen, China 2011 Families of the World Sculpture Exhibit, The European Chamber of Commerce, Nanjing, China 2010 East Meets West, Sensation Art Space, Chongqing, China 2010 Paintings and Sculpture, The Centre Gallery, Nanjing International School, Nanjing, China 2006 Sculpture Exhibit, Bayview Front Room, Whidbey Island, Washington 2005 Visions of a Turkish Landscape, Sade Kave, Rumeli Hisar, Istanbul, Turkey 2004 Visions of a Turkish Landscape, Michael Stadler Gallery, Langley, Washington 2003 Visions of a Turkish Landscape, University House Gallery, Issaquah, Washington 2003 Marion Meyer Gallery, Laguna Beach, California 2003 Visions of a Turkish Landscape, Enka Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, Turkey 2001 Marion Meyer Gallery, Laguna Beach, California 2000 Recent Work, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1999 Works from Rialto, Desert Art Source, Palm Desert, California 1998 Pacific Forms and Other Worlds, Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, Oregon 1997 Pacific Forms, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1996 Day Meets Eve, Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery, Kirkland, Washington 1992 Pacific Forms, with Guy Anderson, 1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza, Seattle, Washington 1990 Pacific Forms, 1001 Fourth Avenue Plaza, Seattle, Washington 1989 Sculpture, 1927-1989, Seattle Center, Matthew Kangas, Curator 1985 Black Arts Festival, Invitational, Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington Peacemaker, Invitational, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 1984 Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington 1981 New Work, Gallery Whidbey, Langley, Washington 1979 Exploration of Form, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1976 Figurative Forms, University Fine Arts Gallery, Two-person show with Alfredo, Arreguin, Seattle, Washington 1974 Figures in Action, Ryder Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1973 Family of Man, French Consulate, Toluca, Mexico 1973 Capturing Universals, Polly Friedlander Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1972 Moving Forms, University Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, Washington Group Shows 2011 Dunn Gardens Outdoor Sculpture Show, Seattle, Washington 2010 Sensation Art Space Gallery, Chongqing, China, Group Show, Organic Forms 2009 Group Show, Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2008 Dunn Gardens Outdoor Sculpture Show, Seattle, Washington 2007 Outdoor Sculpture Gardens, Westcott Bay, San Juan IslandWashington 1993 Group Show, Riverhouse Galleries, Brisbane, Australia, Group Show, Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington 1991 Sculpture Show, Burien Arts Gallery, Burien Washington, Vision, Myth and Magic III, Kirsten Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1989 Group Show, Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington 1988 International Gardens of Art, Bellingham, Washington, Nagatani Gallery, Bellingham, Washington 1987 Invited to participate in Northwest Sculpture 1927-1987, Mathew Kangas, curator Seattle Center, Seattle, Washington 1987 Outdoor Sculpture, Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington 1986 Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1983 King County Executive Invitational, Seattle, Washington 1978 Moody Gallery, Pasadena, California 1974 The Gallery, Palm Springs, California Collections: Corporate, Institutional and Private ACT Theatre Paul Allen Collection Curtis Beattie and Associates Anne Gould Hauberg Collection Milliman and Robertson, Incorporated John Moga Collection Mount Zion...

A wonderful bronze abstract in the form of a female nude mounted on a terrazzo base. It is by the noted Mexican artist Jonas Gutierrez Castillo. It is signed Jonas 99 PA near the base. PA stands for Pruebas de Artista or Artist's Proof. The bronze has a beautiful warm brown gold patina. The base is a heavy terrazzo with lots of inclusions. The base has some losses to the edges which are pictured in detail. The bronze has some patina inclusions or spots, pictured as well. One of the artist's more notable works is a massive bronze title the The Stone Eater on Puerto Vallarta's Malecon. We've attached a biography of the artist courtesy of Galleria Dante of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico below: Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco in 1966. The artist began to sculpt at an early age. In 1980, he helped create the monumental public sculpture "La Estampida", which is located at a busy intersection in his hometown, near the emblematic building of the Hotel Riu. Jonás Gutiérrez is known in Puerto Vallarta for his monumental 2.4-meter-high bronze and obsidian sculpture...