Mary Louise (M.L.) Snowden (American, b. 1952) Cataclasis Study

Description:

Mary Louise (M.L.) Snowden (American, b. 1952)

Cataclasis Study
Signed and numbered "M.L. Snowden/14/75" on one side near the base.
Bronze with gray brown patina, height approximately 10 in. (25.4 cm),on a polished black stone plinth.
Condition: Minor dust and dirt to interstices.

Provenance: A private Massachusetts Collection.

N.B. M.L. Snowden learned the art of sculpture from her father, sculptor George Holburn Snowden, N.A. (1901-1990). The family shared a notable tradition in art. Upon winning the Prix de Rome of 1926, George Snowden was given 38 of the original sculpting tools of Auguste Rodin by his teacher and mentor, Robert Georges Eberhard (1884-1965). Eberhard had been a protege, friend and sculpture assistant to Rodin , and, after Rodin's death in 1917, received some of the master's tools. Eberhard immigrated to the U.S. and became Chairman of the Sculpture Department at Yale University, where he and George Snowden met. After her father's death, M.L. inherited these historic tools as well as the formulas for the luminous patinas for which she is known.

Cataclasis won the International Rodin Competition in Tokyo, Japan, in 1992. The sculpture presents three essential states of energy: Latent, Emerging, and Active.
Estimate $8,000-12,000

A sculpture stand with a rotating top accompanies the lot.


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