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19th Century English Print by W. H. Davis of Southdown Rams in Kulicke Frame

Name: 19th Century English Print by W. H. Davis of Southdown Rams in Kulicke Frame
Brand: Robert Kulicke
Rating: 5 (12 reviews)

$325List Price

About the Item

This is where the antique mixes with the modern. Where worlds collide and give rise to something fresh, new and unique. A mid 19th century British print by William Henry Davis presented in a Kulicke frame which had it's origins in the mid 20th Century in America. This print of Southdown Rams printed by Joseph Rogerson speaks to the care, breeding and fascination with sheep. The presentation in a Kulicke frame speaks to the modern aesthetic. With a gilt fillet and gorgeous textile mat, this work of art is ready to be displayed on its own or in a group. P.S. I have seven other listings of amazing sheep prints in Kulicke frames - gallery wall, anyone? You may be wondering where I acquired so many mid to late 19th Century English sheep prints in exquisite Kulicke frames? Well, as any antique dealer worth their salt will tell you, sources must remain confidential. Okay, you ask, but tell us who's this Kulicke character? If you have the time and the desire, I hope you'll read this short biography of Robert Kulicke from the Acanthus Reed website, "In 1947 a young man, home from the war studying art and advertising design, took his first steps at making picture frames. His early endeavors were well received and it encouraged him to peruse a career as a frame maker. Later Robert Kulicke would admit at the time he had no idea of the extent of his ignorance, "being reasonably intelligent, persuasive, enthusiastic and totally ignorant at once." That enthusiasm led him to take advantage of the GI bill and travel to Paris to study his craft. He was lucky enough to study painting with Fernand Leger in the morning and apprentice with frame carvers and gilders in the afternoon. By his second year there he was spending more and more time at the Louvre teaching himself the history of frames. When he returned to New York he continued to study frames and their relationship to architectural design at the 42nd Street Library. By 1951 Robert Kulicke the frame maker was open for business. He began developing narrow wood frames with gilded surfaces using strainer supports to reinforce them. In 1953 he developed the floater frame for Knoll Associates; it was not a new idea, but his good design sense made it better looking and more user friendly. He had the unique ability to keep things simple; he once said: "to aim at originality head on is the only certain way of never arriving there - true originality is a byproduct of the search for a technical aesthetic solution to a technical and aesthetic problem" The world of modern art he was living in had many technical and aesthetic problems to be solved and he jumped right in. In the late fifties he created the welded aluminum frame for the Museum of Modern Art, a polished metal frame elegant and strong enough for the new powerful works of art. It was aesthetically based on the Barcelona chair by Mies Van de Rohe, a masterpiece of 20th century design. Indeed, the aluminum frame was a game-changer in the industry, suddenly thin was in. He then developed the plexibox for the photography department at MOMA; a solution to the technical problem of making a frameless frame that is dust proof. Meanwhile, he was putting all that knowledge he had acquired on the history of frames to good use by mastering the art of making period reproduction frames. His attention to authenticity led many of his frames to hang in the finest museums in the country including the National Gallery of Art and the Metropolitan Museum. Kulicke's generosity with his skills and knowledge would reach well into the future as he passed them on to many of today's leading gilders and frame makers. In 1967 he revolutionized the frame industry with the metal section frame, an idea he had been working on since he first brazed extruded aluminum to make his classic frame. The corner joint design made picture frames affordable just as baby boomers were starting to collect prints and posters. There are few homes today that do not have some variation on the metal section frame. For all he accomplished as a frame maker it was not his only passion. The New York Times got it right; in a 2007 obituary it called him "a painter, goldsmith, teacher, businessman and designer who changed the look of postwar art by modernizing frame design". The pride we feel today as framemakers has a great deal to do with the legacy he left behind. For me Robert Kulicke will always be the framer's framer." And with that I will leave you with a little bit about me. I started in this crazy business over twenty years ago in New York City. And what did I start buying and selling? Picture frames. And lots of them. So I hope you'll love this work of art for the art itself and for the framing. There's a lot of history in this little package!

Creator:
Robert Kulicke (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 14 in (35.56 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Glass,Metal,Paper
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
Mid-19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1850 s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. In good condition with age appropriate wear.
Seller Location:
Atlanta, GA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU7240234850812

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