Elie Nadelman Wall Plaque

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Elie Nadelman Wall Plaque

About the Item

Elie Nadelman (1882 - 1946) wall plaque, circa 1950. This plaque is cast from the original work in bronze by Elie Nadelman, circa 1930's. There are remnants on the back stating as such. This was most likely produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, circa 1950. Plaque measures 12 1/2" wide x 9 3/4" tall x 1" deep. Composed of what appears to be plaster, with a bronzed wash / surface. The back is felted, and has a recess to enable the plaque to be hung on a wall. It can also be placed on a horizontal surface, such as a coffee table or table, as the back is felted. "Nadelman was born and studied briefly in Warsaw and then visited Munich in 1902 where he became interested in Classical antiquities at the Glyptothek. He lived in Paris from 1904 to 1914, closely involved with the avant-garde, exhibiting at the Société des Artistes Indépendants and at the Salon d'Automne from 1905 to 1908. His first solo exhibition in 1909 at the Galerie Druet, Paris, revealed a large series of plaster and bronze classical female heads and full-length standing nudes and mannered Cubist drawings; the latter purchased by Leo Stein, who had brought Picasso to Nadelman's studio in 1908. Nadelman's work in this early period (1905 - 1912) was of crucial importance for early 20th-century modern sculpture. He moved to the United States (becoming an American citizen in 1927) during the outbreak of World War I. He married Mrs. Viola Flannery, a wealthy heiress, in 1920. He and his wife assembled a large collection of folk art and erected a Museum of Folk Arts in Riverdale, N.Y. in 1925. At the same time, his own style was at times Classical, at times decorative, and at times a new kind of sophisticated urban folk art. He attempted to release large, inexpensive editions of his simple, classical, Tanagra-like small figures. All in all, Nadelman collected thousands upon thousands of folk art and added them to his vast collection. Eventually, as his wealth vanished in the Depression and his work failed to interest the art world, he became more peripheral to the collectors of Modernism. He did not take commissions other than portraits. In 1937 the collection of the Museum of Folk Arts was sold to the New York Historical Society. He held his last one-man exhibition in 1930 (Paris, Bernheim-Jeune). In 1935 many of his plaster figures and wood-carvings were destroyed by workmen sent to remodel his studio. Nadelman packed away all his pre-1935 work in the attic and cellar of his home in Riverdale and left it there to disintegrate. After his death, in Riverdale, on 28, December, 1946, his sculpture "Man in the Open Air", was restored and reintroduced in a retrospective at MOMA, New York. His reputation has grown since his death, and his work is in many major museums and surveys of American art history."

Creator:
Elie Nadelman (Sculptor)
Dimensions:
Height: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Width: 12.5 in (31.75 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)Seat Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Style:
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Plaster,Bronzed
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1950
Condition:
Seller Location:
Providence, RI
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU943028199302

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