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SCULPTURE Woman ~ HAND CARVED MARBLE ~ 1950s Listed Artist MID-CENTURY MODERN
SCULPTURE Woman ~ HAND CARVED MARBLE ~ 1950s Listed Artist MID-CENTURY MODERN
SCULPTURE Woman ~ HAND CARVED MARBLE ~ 1950s Listed Artist MID-CENTURY MODERN
SCULPTURE Woman ~ HAND CARVED MARBLE ~ 1950s Listed Artist MID-CENTURY MODERN
SCULPTURE Woman ~ HAND CARVED MARBLE ~ 1950s Listed Artist MID-CENTURY MODERN
SCULPTURE Woman ~ HAND CARVED MARBLE ~ 1950s Listed Artist MID-CENTURY MODERN
SCULPTURE Woman ~ HAND CARVED MARBLE ~ 1950s Listed Artist MID-CENTURY MODERN
SCULPTURE Woman ~ HAND CARVED MARBLE ~ 1950s Listed Artist MID-CENTURY MODERN

SCULPTURE Woman ~ HAND CARVED MARBLE ~ 1950s Listed Artist MID-CENTURY MODERN

$ 343.2

  • Artist: Eugene Gauss
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Culture: American
  • Features: Signed, One of a Kind (OOAK)
  • Format: Statue
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Material: Marble
  • Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
  • Production Technique: Carving
  • Region of Origin: New Jersey, USA
  • Seller Notes: “Pre-Owned”
  • Signed: Yes
  • Style: Modernism
  • Subject: Women
  • Time Period Produced: 1950-1969
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
  • Year of Production: 1950s

Description

A fine original marble sculpture of a crouching female figure by American sculptor Eugene Gauss (1905-1988). A unique piece, hand carved from a solid block of chisel textured white statuary marble. The piece measures 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, weighs approx. 25 lbs and is signed with the artist's chiseled surname. The piece shows some grime and could be left with it's patina or scrubbed to a bright white, condition is excellent. Eugene Gauss (1905-1988) was a Modernist American sculptor known for one of a kind sculptures in stone. Born Eugen Gauss in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, little is known of his early life. At the age of 22, already a sculptor, he emigrated to the United States and settled in Newark, New Jersey in 1927. Gauss became a member of the art group "The Dialists" and exhibited with them at the Newark Museum and the Montclair Art Museum, also a member of the "Painters & Sculptors of New Jersey" and exhibited at the Jersey City Museum. In 1941,1942 and 1960, he exhibited sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.