2002, two-part form, white painted curving tubular steel branches issuing from a central vertical metal pole, with square platform structural underground support, incised monogram and date "H 2002" to lower branch.


116 x 42 x 42 in.

From the Collection of Carol and Charles Carlson, Summerfield, North Carolina

Purchased directly from the artist.

Frank Holder is a metal sculptor, painter, and dance artist living and working in Greensboro, NC. He is versatile in a variety of sculpting and painting media, including aluminum, steel, copper, brass, bronze, foam, and acrylics.

Holder studied dance at the University of Arkansas, Stevens College in Columbia Missouri, and at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He founded the Greensboro-based Frank Holder Dance Company in 1973, and served as its artistic director and choreographer for 12 years. Themes of movement, nature, botany, and beauty are guiding influences behind his artwork.

Holder's sculptures have won entry into many corporate and public collections such as Wake Forest University, University of North Carolina at Asheville, North Carolina Botanical Gardens, and the City of Lakeland, FL. He has shown in exhibitions throughout the East Coast, including Outdoor Sculpture at Hickory Museum Art Center in Hickory, NC; Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition in Lakeland, FL; Alchemy in Greensboro, NC; and Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY.

Flaking to paint; slight lean which can be corrected when placing the square support in the ground; one discovered weld break (but stable). Please note this lot is of substantial size and weight. This lot will need to be removed from the LLA premises by March 24th, otherwise this lot will be deemed abandoned.