1962, cement and patinated bronze, incised signature and date to side, raised atop a cubic stone base.

21 3/4 x 11 x 8 in.

James Wines is the founder of the architecture and environmental design studio SITE, and has spent much of his career challenging the notion that architecture is an act of formal invention. As he has written, “SITE’s work is about inversion, fusion, intervention, exaggeration—often just taking something apart and examining the elements of construction from a different point of view.”

During his 10 years working as a sculptor in Italy, Wines gained an appreciation for what he described as “the intrinsic blending of art, architecture, communicative iconography, and public space.” He led a prolific career as an artist in the 1950s and 1960s, exhibiting his sculptural work in galleries and corporate plazas before turning toward architecture and environmental design. Wines has designed more than 150 projects for private and municipal clients in eleven countries. James has won twenty-five writing and design awards including the 1995 Chrysler Design Award. His work is included in prestigious museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, The Tate, and others.

Some hairlines to concrete, otherwise good estate condition.