Heavy sculpted bronze panel, composed in a high-relief style.
Auction 92 |
Thursday, February 18th,
2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Lot 253
GORDON, BERNARD.
Heavy sculpted bronze panel, composed in a high-relief style.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
A most atmospheric piece created by an artist comfortably familiar with Orthodox Jewish ritual and character. And yet it is difficult to determine for what purpose this artwork served, or indeed what the narrative is behind the three component parts. Nonetheless, all in all, this is a handsome and well designed piece.
Philadelphia sculptor Bernard Gordon studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
This sculpture appears on the front cover of the first issue of “Yom Tov Blatter,” edited by Joseph L. Malamut, New York-Philadelphia, April, 1943. (Accompanying the lot).