Frederick Hart (1943-1999) Signed Acrylic Sculpture "Spirit Of Victory" 121/400

Description: Winner receives a signed & numbered clear acrylic resin sculpture by well listed American artist Frederick Hart (1943-1999). The piece is titled "Spirt Of Victory" and is numbered 171/400 on the base & dated 1991 along with the signature seen magnified in picture 9. The piece retails for $20,000 in other galleries. Please note, there is a repair to the right arm of the woman, seen magnified in picture 8. There is a small chip where the repair is. Besides this, the sculpture is in excellent condition with no other breaks, repairs, scratches, or marks. Even with the repair, the piece displays nicely. From a short distance it is not too noticeable, as many visitors don't notice the damage upon first coming across the piece. The sculpture measures roughly 24" high x 9" wide x 8" deep. Below is some information about the artist, whose auction results include sales up to $550,000. Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have prior to bidding or making an offer. Thank you for checking out our listing. Frederick Hart (1943-1999) is America's greatest figurative sculptor. Not only did he create works of great beauty and gravitas, he was singularly responsible for restoring to American public monuments and memorials an iconology worthy of a great nation.Frederick Hart was born in Atlanta in 1943, while his father was serving in the Navy in World War II. When he was only three years old, his mother died suddenly. Hart was subsequently cared for by his mother's family in rural South Carolina where the earliest years of his childhood were spent. He moved to Washington, D.C. when his father remarried in the early 1950s and attended public school there. At the age of sixteen, based on his high S.A.T. scores, he was admitted as a philosophy major to the University of South Carolina.Hart returned to Washington, D.C. with a desire to study art and attended the Corcoran School of Art and American University where he studied painting and drawing. At first drawing was his obsession; but later after sculpting a bust of a girlfriend, he realized, for the first time that here was drawing that possessed weight, volume, presence and gravity.As his interest in sculpture began to flourish, Frederick Hart became an apprentice stone carver at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. working on gargoyles. Quite possible the last great Gothic cathedral, it was a national church, which took eighty-three years to build.In 1971, while Hart was still working on the stone of the cathedral, an international competition was announced to find a sculptor for the cathedral's west facade. Hart worked passionately on his design for three years, and at the young age of thirty-one, he won the commission. "I was convinced I was destined to do this," Hart said. It was an assignment that occupied virtually the next thirteen years of his life. The commission was to portray in stone a contemporary interpretation of the great theme of Creation above the main entrance. From a seething cauldron of swirling motion human forms emerge - hands, faces, bodies, swept up in the exultation of being given life.In 1982 the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial Fund commissioned Frederick Hart to create a representational sculpture for their monument. This historic work in bronze was dedicated in November, 1984.During his career Hart worked brilliantly in several different mediums, eliciting what is most pleasing in each. His private and public works share a philosophical approach and longing for perfection. Hart's success as a sculptor was achieved at great personal cost. He had to acquire and master the lost craft of figurative sculpture. A great deal of soul searching and education were necessary to develop the spiritual iconography that shaped his vision."Hart's work is about Transcendence and Renewal... At certain moments in history, one encounters a work of art that possesses the aesthetic, contextual and moral strength to signal the start of a new era. The creation Sculptures is such a work... it has the tender power of a Michelangelo".All of our items have been stored in a temperature controlled environment with no pets or smoking allowed. We strive to provide a wide array of artwork, antiques, and collectibles for everyone from the casual collector to other gallery owners. Whether you are a collector or a reseller, we will always try to work with you to the best of our ability to sell you the item you are interested in. We are always adding new treasures to our collection so please feel free to make an offer, as we constantly are turning over our inventory and need to free space up for our newest finds. We will never decline or ignore an offer. We look at every offer and if we don't accept it, we will make a fair counter offer. 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Price: 4995 USD

Location: Hudson, New York

End Time: 2025-01-22T23:02:13.000Z

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