Sculpture "Torso of a Woman" (1895), version in artificial marble
Sculpture "Torso of a Woman" (1895), version in artificial marble
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museum replica | artificial marble | height 40 cm
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Sculpture "Torso of a Woman" (1895), version in artificial marble
Encouraged by Auguste Rodin, Bartlett designed this seated female nude as a fragment, giving the work a unique intimacy. The torso is elevated to a finished artwork and thus, combines classical sculpture with modernity.
Original: Stone and bronze, Musée d'Orsay, Paris. A version in pure bronze is located in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Edition in white artificial marble. Polymer ars mundi museum replica cast by hand. Height 40 cm.
About Paul Wayland Bartlett
1865-1925
The US-American Paul Wayland Bartlett came to Paris at the age of 9, where he studied under Emmanuel Frémiet and Pierre Cavelier at the École des Beaux-Arts. Here he also met Auguste Rodin, in whose studio he worked and by whom he was decisively influenced. At the age of 15 he was already allowed to exhibit a bust at the Paris Salon, at the age of 22 he won one of the coveted medals there and at 24 he even became a member of the Salon jury himself.
Among his best-known works are monumental pieces such as the equestrian statue of Lafayette which is located in the Place du Carrousel in Paris and the expressive statues of Columbus and Michelangelo which stand in the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Bartlett, however, remained loyal to Paris throughout his life, until his death in 1925.
Marble powder is polymer-bonded. Artificial marble is characterised by a fine white surface that appears very similar to marble.
A true-to-the-original reproduction of an artwork in the same size and with the best possible material and colour uniformity.
The mould is usually taken directly from the original so that the replication reproduces even the finest details. After casting the replication, using the most appropriate method, the surface is polished, patinated, gilded or painted according to the original.
A replication of ars mundi is a recognizable copy of the original.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, in bronze casting a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.