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"Stone Lifter", Bold, Monumental Art Deco Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude
$25,000
£19,021.34
€21,916.46
CA$35,492.18
A$38,076.75
CHF 20,423.59
MX$458,439
NOK 257,463.30
SEK 234,770.85
DKK 163,745.19
About the Item
Large, bold and provocative, this very rare bronze sculpture depicts a powerful, muscled nude male figure endeavoring to lift an enormous rock, his legs splayed and his body tensed to achieve the impossible. It was sculpted by the Hungarian-American sculptor Henry Schoenbauer, and to our knowledge only one or two examples of this sculpture were cast in bronze at this scale. By the 1910s and 1920s, many sculptors had created some version of "Man Against Nature," typically a an exaggeratedly strong male figure, often nude, working to lift a rock, pull a rope, or labor against impossible odds. Schoenbauer's "Stone Lifter" may be the most powerful and exaggerated of its kind. After immigrating to America from Hungary, Schoenbauer studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and later exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Whitney Museum of American Art. This example has a lovely, dark patina highlighted with areas of verdigris finish. The sculpture is signed twice, and dated 1936.
- Creator:Henry Schoenbauer (Sculptor)
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Depth: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Bronze,Cast
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1936
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU865147010242
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