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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 8156002, member: 16283"]<font size="4">Finally found who created Our plaster (yes-plaster) amphora we've had for 30 years ! I always thought it was a maquette or casting model.Found a sold one on Invaluable-also plaster.</font></p><p><font size="4">PS-This was dashed by a sweet little fellow we were baby sitting & I glued it back together- (time to retouch the resto).</font></p><p><font size="4">PSS- Always thought abt casting this in bronze</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]425587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425589[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425590[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425591[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">META VAUX WARRICK FULLER VASE -2 FIGURE HANDLES-AMERICAN HARLEM RENAISSANCE ARTIST 1877- 1968. FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE SCULPTOR OF IMPORTANCE. WOMAN & MAN KNEELING 10" X 8 1/2". #100 INCISED MARK ILLEGIBLE. IT IS MADE OF PLASTER. VIEW ALL PICTURES FOR CONDITION.</font></p><p><font size="4">She was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American" rel="nofollow">African-American</a> artist who celebrated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrocentrism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrocentrism" rel="nofollow">Afrocentric</a> themes. At the fore of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance" rel="nofollow">Harlem Renaissance</a>, Warrick was known for being a poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor of the black American experience. At the turn of the 20th century, she had achieved a reputation as the first black sculptress and was a well-known sculptor in Paris before returning to the United States.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> Warrick was a protégée of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin" rel="nofollow">Auguste Rodin</a>, and has been described as "one of the most imaginative Black artists of her generation."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller#cite_note-bontemps-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller#cite_note-bontemps-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> Through adopting a horror-based figural style and choosing to depict events of racial injustice, like the lynching of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Turner_(lynching_victim)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Turner_(lynching_victim)" rel="nofollow">Mary Turner</a>, Warrick used her platform to address the societal traumas of African Americans.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller#cite_note-Ater-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller#cite_note-Ater-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 8156002, member: 16283"][SIZE=4]Finally found who created Our plaster (yes-plaster) amphora we've had for 30 years ! I always thought it was a maquette or casting model.Found a sold one on Invaluable-also plaster. PS-This was dashed by a sweet little fellow we were baby sitting & I glued it back together- (time to retouch the resto). PSS- Always thought abt casting this in bronze [ATTACH=full]425587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425589[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425590[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]425591[/ATTACH] META VAUX WARRICK FULLER VASE -2 FIGURE HANDLES-AMERICAN HARLEM RENAISSANCE ARTIST 1877- 1968. FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE SCULPTOR OF IMPORTANCE. WOMAN & MAN KNEELING 10" X 8 1/2". #100 INCISED MARK ILLEGIBLE. IT IS MADE OF PLASTER. VIEW ALL PICTURES FOR CONDITION. She was an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American']African-American[/URL] artist who celebrated [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrocentrism']Afrocentric[/URL] themes. At the fore of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance']Harlem Renaissance[/URL], Warrick was known for being a poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor of the black American experience. At the turn of the 20th century, she had achieved a reputation as the first black sculptress and was a well-known sculptor in Paris before returning to the United States.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] Warrick was a protégée of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin']Auguste Rodin[/URL], and has been described as "one of the most imaginative Black artists of her generation."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller#cite_note-bontemps-2'][2][/URL] Through adopting a horror-based figural style and choosing to depict events of racial injustice, like the lynching of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Turner_(lynching_victim)']Mary Turner[/URL], Warrick used her platform to address the societal traumas of African Americans.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller#cite_note-Ater-3'][3][/URL][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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