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Sorel EtrogSorel Etrog "La Mer"1962
1962
About the Item
Sorel Etrog (1933 - 2014) is arguably Canada's most famous sculptor.
His work can be found in numerous museum and private collections including the Tate, the AGO and LACMA.
His public sculptures can be found on iconic corners in Toronto, Montreal, Israel and beyond.
The Art Gallery of Ontario organized a major retrospective of his work that ran during 2013.
This work is the earliest Etrog sculpture Caviar20 has handled to date. It is from Etrog's prime period, when he was being exhibited and heralded around the world.
"La Mer" was first exhibited in Toronto (at the Moos Gallery) in 1964 followed by solo exhibitions in Los Angeles (at the Felix Landau Gallery) and Montreal (at Galerie Dresdnere) in 1965.
While the tone of Etrog's works gets notably darker during the 1960's as he explores the relationship between man and machine as well as existentialism, sculptures like "La Mer" demonstrate a gentler Modernist sensuality and poetry.
The title itself is perhaps a play on words. Is Etrog personifying the sea (the French word for "la mer") or making a reference to a universal mother - as "la mere" is also French for "mother". Regardless, in this work a dynamic figure seems to rise or hover above a rippling form interpreted as an ocean wave.
The full-sized example of "La Mer", standing at 34" and also editioned, sold for $88,500 in November 2016.
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"Study for La Mer"
Bronze, from an edition of 10
Incised signature and number
Canada, circa 1962
9"H
Excellent condition
- Creator:Sorel Etrog (1933, Canadian)
- Creation Year:1962
- Dimensions:Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 4 in (10.16 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Toronto, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 05-191stDibs: LU21524370491
Sorel Etrog
Sorel Etrog was born August 29th, 1933 in Laşi, Romania; managing to survive the Second World War, Etrog immigrated along with his family to Israel in 1950. In Israel, he studied drawing, painting, sculpture, graphic design, and theater set design at the Tel Aviv Art Institute. After several successful exhibitions and accolades, Etrog moved to Toronto in 1963, where he eventually passed away on February 26th, 2014. While much of Etrog’s work appears abstract, it often alludes to the figure, or more specifically to the human form. The theme which encompasses Etrog’s practice is the integrity of the human body in an industrialized world, and thus his sculptures typically consist of elaborately interlocking parts that resemble the elements of a machine. For more than half a century, Sorel Etrog was one of Canada’s most renowned contemporary sculptors. A Member of the Order of Canada and a Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France, Etrog’s work is included in museum collections around the world, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Hirschorn Museum, Washington, DC, and the Tate Gallery, London. Etrog also received numerous major public commissions, including Expo 67, Montréal; SunLife Centre, Toronto; Windsor Sculpture Garden, Windsor, Ontario; Los Angeles County Museum; and Olympic Park in Seoul Korea.
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