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Todd Merrill Studio
80 Lafayette St.
New York City, NY 10013 , United States
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Alex Roskin, Tusk Low Chair in Bronze, USA, 2018
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Description
Inspired by his Biche Desk, the Tusk Chair reflects Alex Roskin penchant for an animality in form. The versatile chair can be used as a salon chair, a desk chair, or grouped for a dining set.
The chair features an mammalian physicality, hand-sculpted and cast in bronze with a dark rubbed patina. The bronze front legs extend from the chair’s body in a bowed fashion while the back legs are hand carved, rendering each chair unique. The seat and back are upholstered in satiny black pony.
Roskin’s works blend functional design with modernist sculptural references. A natural successor of innovative artists such as Richard Serra, Jean Arp, and Constantin Brancusi, Roskin’s cast bronze, stainless steel, and carved wood works reflects the artist’s modernist and primitive influences. Beginning with a series of quick sketches, Roskin captures the movement of a basic form. By sculpting in foam and wood Roskin translates that movement into a structural model that is then 3D scanned so that it can then be cast in bronze, aluminum or steel, and finished with carved wood elements. His works often feature a mammalian physicality with heaving sinuous forms and legs that extend from the body in a bowed fashion.
Rejecting outright anthropomorphic mimicry in favor of subtle, sculpted muscular forms, Roskin notes: “I try with each piece to create a stance and a presence, some with more contrapposto. I aim to give each piece a feeling it is inhaling or ready to make a move. I try to steer clear of the decorative, but rather to draw on mass, volume, line, negative space, and my love of materials and the craft of working with them.”
The versatile chairs can be used as a salon chair, a desk chair, or grouped for a dining set. Available in two sizes, the chairs can be commissioned in polished or rubbed patina bronze, polished or blackened stainless steel, polished aluminum or aluminum with a range of faux bronze finishes.
Medium: Bronze and Wanut. Upholstery COM / COL
Available in two sizes.
Dimensions:
32” H x 20” W x 24” D, 81.28 H x 50.8 W x 60.96 D cm
36” H x 20” W x 24” D, 91.44 H x 50.8 W x 60.96 D cm -
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Documentation: Signed Origin: United States Period: New Materials: Bronze and Wanut. Upholstery COM / COL Condition: New. Creation Date: 2018 Styles / Movements: Modern, Contemporary, Collectible Design Incollect Reference #: 783063 -
Dimensions
W. 20 in; H. 32 in; D. 24 in; W. 50.8 cm; H. 81.28 cm; D. 60.96 cm;
Message from Seller:
Todd Merrill Studio, located at 80 Lafayette St., New York City, NY 10013, represents an international group of artists specializing in unique, groundbreaking works of collectible design that blend contemporary art, fine craft, and innovation. For inquiries, please contact us at 212.673.0531 or email info@toddmerrillstudio.com.
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