Lot 3315
Anne Arnold (American, 1925-2014), Pug
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
21 1/2 x 21 x 12 in.
Collection of Sydney and Frances Lewis, Richmond, Virginia
In a period when Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Pop Art and many other movements came and went, Arnold persisted down her own path, eventually defining a singular position in American sculpture. While Arnold’s own early role in the development and wide acceptance of Pop is made clear, it can also be argued that Arnold understood better than her peers the traditions of the first “popular” American art forms found in vernacular, vintage folk objects such as weathervanes, decoys and hand- painted country advertising.
Arnold’s work is quirky and personal, and humor is often a characteristic. Her animals’ body language is spot-on, whether it be the stretching lean of a cat, the raked ears of a crouching rabbit, or the unexpected lightness and grace of a large farm animal. We know an animal differently after seeing one of Arnold’s sculptures and, perhaps, care about them more for their individual traits evoked so precisely as essential form, gesture and presence.
Artist biography courtesy of ALEXANDRE Gallery, New York, New York
Good condition; some minor areas of paint rubbing to the undersides.
