Lawrence Holofcener (b. 1926)
Lawrence Holofcener (b. 1926)

Maquette for Allies

細節
Lawrence Holofcener (b. 1926)
Maquette for Allies
signed, dated and numbered 'L holofcener 97 41/50' (on the back of the base), and inscribed 'ALLIES' (on the front of the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
19¼ in. (48.9 cm.) wide
來源
The artist.

拍品專文

"I normally create a maquette before attempting life-size, but I was young (as a sculptor) and impetuous. Besides, I had already created several tiny figures at the King Edward VI School in Southampton where I was artist in residence, plus a half-life size of the fellows in the States.

Allies sat on Bond Street for several years when the Catto Gallery in Hampstead asked me for a maquette, thinking to sell them. There wasn't one, I told them. They asked if I would create one, suggesting an edition of 50. Madness. Gill Catto's husband, also at this lunch-with-wine meeting, offered to buy No. 1, so I started on it with the caveat from Mrs Catto that it be exactly quarter life-size the one on Bond Street, no variation, no improvements. I agreed. Barlow Tyree, which supplied the big bench, created an exact quarter size bench. I modeled two unclothed clay figures and paused, stumped: how was I to create a life-size without having my life-size in front of me?

My wife Julia's answer: get in the VW bus. She drove me, plus table, chair, tools, clay and the little bench from our Isle of Wight home to London. And she set it all before the life-size monument on Bond Street and I got to work. 'Are you an art-student?' (Do I look like a student?) 'Have you the artist's permission?' (The artist is dead). 'How about the City of Westminster?' (I'll be gone before they catch me.)

After 4-5 days of work and chatter I was finished, and so far, nearly 40 of the 50 have been sold!"

Correspondence with the artist, 2013.

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