Helen Beling Hand-Thrown Clay Sculpture 1950s - SOLD
Eric McNatt
Hand-thrown sculpture of three men embracing in glazed clay by Helen Beling. American, 1950's (signed on base "HB").
Helen Beling worked in various nonobjective styles, beginning with her early wood carvings, which evoked shrouded medieval German figures. She eventually worked in stone, bronze and steel before developing an amalgam of fiberglass, reinforced resin and bronze powder, which allowed her to create large bronze sculptures that weighed very little.
Her work has been exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at the Whitney Museum of American Art and is in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington. Several of her sculptures were commissioned by synagogues, including a 26-foot-long ''Exodus'' for Temple Emanu-El in Yonkers, N.Y.
H: 14 inches
W: 9 inches
D: 5 inches
SOLD
Condition: Excellent
Ref: sculpture90