Butterfield, Deborah, Horse, Unique Sculpture Life Size Masterworks Fine Art SALE! - The Best Source for Art! Start Price USD 110,000.00 Current Price USD 110,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, November 22, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 27, 2008 Location Masterworks Fine Art, Oakland Hills, CA See more about 'Butterfield, Deborah, Horse, Unique Sculpture Life Size' Description --> home current inventory search art knowledge art commentary buy art about us contact us Title: Horse, 1976 Artist: Butterfield, Deborah Medium: Mud & Straw on Armature with Horseshoes! Image Size: 86 1/2 in x 77 1/2 in x 24 in (219.7 cm x 196.8 cm x 60.9 cm) Sheet Size: Framed Size: Signature: Edition: Unique original sculpture Condition: In excellent condition, all elements sound.    Description:This incredibly monumental and exquisite sculpture leaves most of its viewers speechless, as its stunning presence gives way to awe and fascination that Deborah Butterfield evokes in her work.  Through her many renditions of horses using various mediums, she is considered to be one of the leading and most influential contemporary artists of our time.   Executed in 1976, Horse was created using mud and straw over a supportive armature and horseshoes.  Prone to using found objects and materials, Butterfield took inspiration from her immediate environment and used what was available to her at her home and property in Wisconsin.  That same year, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery in Chicago became the first to hold a solo exhibition on Butterfield’s works, including Horse.  This work was included in her first show solo show.  A note about this work that I find personally whimsical is the subtle inclusion of horse shoes on the hooves of this piece.During her early period of sculpture, Butterfield focused on using raw, organic materials (e.g. mud, straw, clay) which, when formed and set to create her life-size horses, creates a fascinating, textured surface highlighting both the medium and the musculature of the horse itself.  The monumentality of the work is stunning and still manages to retain a sense of whimsicality and humor while addressing pertinent themes in the context of contemporary art.  According to John Yau, Butterfield’s horses “can be understood as both mythic creatures and as animals whose existence is closely tied to nature, the earth.”  Her use of mud and straw is especially pertinent as it draws a formal relationship between our conventional ideas on sculpture and Butterfield’s unique interpretation of horses as a her primary subject.  Its inherent strength is directly linked to its grandeur and scale, making this sculpture simultaneously poignant and dazzling; definitely an exceptional masterpiece for part of any collection. PROVENANCE:Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, ChicagoProperty of Jane & Lucy Lerner EXHIBITED:1976 - Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago Catalogue Raisonné & COA:It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) : 1.)     A Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this work. Who is Masterworks Fine Art? Masterworks Fine Art, Inc. strives to be the best source of fine art for our clients and collectors all over the world. We believe the most direct way to accomplish this is by establishing a lifetime of personal and professional relationships with our clients. We are a full service art gallery, selling fine art originals at 25-50% off gallery retail prices. We have been collecting art since the early 1970's and have been dealing and selling art for over 20 years. 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