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‘Anxiety’

Creator: Robert Laurent
Offered by: Lillian Nassau LLC

Description
‘Anxiety’
Robert Laurent
1946
In this unusual sculpture titled Anxiety, sculptor Robert Laurent combined mahogany with a found object: a fragment of a metallic plane propeller.

The bust of a woman is carved from a thin, flattened piece of mahogany; her features are stylized and she holds a hand up to her mouth. The “hair” of the figure is formed by the plane propeller; the combination of metals in copper of the propeller contrast with the texture of the wood.

This sculpture is inscribed “Laurent” on the reverse.

Height: 27 inches (68.6 cm)

Provenance:
Collection of John Laurent

Illustrated:
“Robert Laurent Memorial Exhibition 1972-1973” University of New Hampshire. Henry R. Hope et al., catalogue number 62.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1920-1949
Creation Date:	1946
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century
Incollect Reference #:	813352

Dimensions

H.	27 in;
H.	68.58 cm;

Message from Seller:

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