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"The Gallant Knight" Bronze Sculpture by John Kearney

$7,800
£5,939.70
€6,782.75
CA$10,959.96
A$12,025.17
CHF 6,334.28
MX$143,052.05
NOK 81,141.37
SEK 74,093.15
DKK 50,673.69

About the Item

Constructed out of bronze and signed Kearney on the underside of the horse. Measures 24" x 25.5" x 10" and featuring a knight on horseback. John Kearney, 1924-2014 Chicago and environs were gifted with many pieces, noteably the city's Oz Park, wherein live the Tin Man and the bronze Cowardly Lion. his work is in the collections of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, the Detroit Children's Museum, the Chrysler Art Museum in Virginia, and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, to name a few. His work is in the private collections of Norman Mailer, Diane Feinstein, Johnny Carson, Françoise Gilot, Studs Terkel, and Mrs. Robert Motherwell. Profiled by People magazine, a guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and written of by Norman Mailer, Kearney studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Universita per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy. Awards and honors include: Fulbright Award to Italy in 1963-1964, Italian Government Grant in 1963-1964, Visiting Artist American Academy in Rome, 1985, 1992, and 1998, Wallace Truman Prize, National Academy of Design in 1953 and others. brass and marble Numerous One Man exhibitions since 1951 include: New York City at A.C.A. Gallery, 1964-1979, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 1992 to 1997, and in Rome, Venice, Chicago, Detroit, Wichita, Wellfleet, and others with group exhibitions in Rome, N.Y., Santo Domingo, Niamey, Nigeria, Indianapolis, St. Paul, Omaha, Art Institute of Chicago, Art Chicago, Taipei, Sarasota and others.
  • Creator:
    John Kearney 1 (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 10 in (25.4 cm)
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    20th Century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Wiscasset, ME
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1017640797682

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