Bestowal (Kneeling Figure)

Details

William Zorach (1887-1966)
Bestowal (Kneeling Figure)
signed 'Zorach' (on the reverse)--signed again (under the base)
ebony
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high
Carved circa 1947.

Provenance

The Downtown Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1953.

Literature

R.K. Tarbell, Catalogue Raisonné of William Zorach's Carved Sculpture, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware, 1976, p. 389, no. 81.

Sale Room Notice

Please note this work is signed again under the base.

Lot Essay

In a review of the 1951 William Zorach one-man show at The Downtown Gallery, which featured a marble version of the present sculpture, New York Times critic William Devree praised, "there is something of the sinuous appeal of traditional Hindu figures in the lovely marble 'Kneeling Figure.' (February 25, 1951, Arts section, p. X9)

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