Modern + Contemporary + Design | October 13, 2022
Thu, Oct 13, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 66
Raymond Kaskey Bronze, Queen Charlotte
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
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(Washington, D.C., born 1943)
Maquette for the 1988-90 fountain and figure of Queen Charlotte for the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, unsigned, patinated bronze with green marble pillar base, 18 x 11 x 9 in.
Note: Raymond Kaskey is an American architect and sculptor most well-known for his works of monumental and memorial sculpture. He studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University, and in 1983 established Kaskey Studio. Throughout his career as an artist, Kaskey has received numerous commissions to create public art for civic buildings and memorials across the country, including the architectural sculptures for the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. and Portlandia for the Portland Public Services Building in Portland, Oregon.
The sculpture Queen Charlotte (1990) stands just outside the terminal for the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Standing 15 feet tall the statue is composed of bronze and is modeled after the namesake of the city. Raymond Kaskey was selected out of a group of 16 artists to create the statue..
Provenance: The Studio Collection of Ray Kaskey, Brentwood, Maryland
Condition
good condition, black patina
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