Boris Blai Memorial
House for a Collector Milwaukee, WI 2013 Bronze 15.5 x 11.5 x 2″ This medium-low relief for a new house on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI, commemorates the architects, builder and stone mason, date and place, and some of the special interests of the owner, Paul Woelbing. Designed for the brick wall of the exterior entryway of the brick, stone and glass house, it is an imagined still life composed largely of the tools of the trades bearing the logos/names of the firms, along with the signatures of the principals “grafitti’d” into the unfinished “back wall”...
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Self Portrait in a Time of Grief 2006 Patinated plaster 7.75 x 5.75 x 1″ unframed Executed upon the death of the artist’s father; inspired by Kathe Kollwitz’s memorial to her friend and mentor Ernst Barlach Original low-fire ceramic is incorporated in assemblage/construction “In Remembrance”; bronze cast will be incorporated into my own gravestone. Artist’s seal on lower edge Shadow-box frame or self-hanging Plaster, resin, and bronze editions available Shadow-box framed plaster – $1,200 + shipping/handling Resin/bronze – prices on...
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The Flautist (Portrait of Mary Davis) 2010 Patinated plaster/Hydrocal(R) 12 x 16 x 2″ This bas relief portrait was commissioned by friends as a gift to Mary Davis, and was executed by sculptor Rivkah Walton based on photographs by the subject’s husband, Mark E. Davis. Taking a cue from the great American relief portraitist, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the artist chose to emphasize the face and hands of this accomplished flautist, connected by the linear body of her instrument. I received the relief portrait that you did of me (The Flautist). I was absolutely surprised, thrilled, shocked,...
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Cowboy George 2009 Patinated plaster 9 x 11 x 1″ unframed A low relief in mitered oak frame Bronze patination not shown in illustration Artist’s seal in lower right corner $2,500 + shipping/handling
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Youth in the Style of Desiderio da Settignano 2005 Patinated plaster 16 x 12 x 2″ Based on a relief variously attributed to Renaissance masters Donatello or Desiderio da Settignano, but more likely an unknown artist working in the Renaissance revival style style circa 1910 Self-framed Artist’s seal on lower right corner Plaster, resin, and bronze editions available Plaster – $900 + shipping/handling Resin/bronze – prices on request
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No Doubt 2007 Patinated plaster 14 x 12 x 2″ Free-style relief, patinated to simulate red terra cotta clay Signed with inscription RW07 $600 + shipping/handling
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