'Undaunted'

Details

William Zorach (1887-1966)
'Undaunted'
inscribed and dated 'Zorach 1963' and numbered '4/6' (along the base)
bronze with polished patina
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high, on a lacquered wooden base, 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York.

Literature

R.K. Tarbell, Catalogue Raisonné of William Zorach's Carved Sculpture, Delaware, 1976, pp. 458-459, no. 114, illustration of another example
Downtown Gallery Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Estate of William Zorach, List of Sculpture at the Downtown Gallery on October 4, 1967
New York World Journal, Undaunted, January 13, 1967, illustration of another example
Architectural Digest, Art and Antiques Meld in Manhattan, November/December 1971, Vol. 28, no. 3, p. 90, illustration of another example

Exhibited

New York, Sculptors Guild at Lever House, Sculpture 1965, October-November 1965, another example
New York, Danenberg Galleries, William Zorach (1887-1966): A Retrospective Exhibition of Major Sculptures, December 1968, no. 52, another example
New York, Danenberg Galleries, December 1970, no. 62, another example

Lot Essay

According to Jonathan Zorach the original Undaunted, also referred to as Torso, was made from white carrara marble. Six models of Undaunted were cast in bronze. Number 3/6 is currently in the collection of the University of Delaware.

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