Date Created: 1971

Medium: Fibergass with paint

Dimensions: 28" tall. Base is 12 x 12"

Condition: Good

Provenance: Estate of Daniel Friedenberg

Biography of the Artist:

Trained in Italy, a master of a myriad of sculptural techniques, Susan Smyly has worked for years outside the gallery system, honing her technique by producing intimate busts and bas-reliefs of people she knew or strangers she met on the street.

The work is distinguished by an extraordinary sensitivity to personality and individuality, a trait which carries over into her signature pieces, portrayals of beings inspired as much by the nightmares on the evening news as they are by the faces at the corner store.

Susan Smyly is a Fulbright scholar and has twice been awarded the Prix de Rome, given out annually by the American Academy in Italy. Her work has been represented in exhbitions including The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC; The Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC; and The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.

Selected Collections

The Boston Public Library, Print Department, MA

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Chalfant

Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI

The Estate of Derek Jones, NY

Demi Moore, ID

Eastern Michigan University, MI

The Forum Gallery. NY

Hirshhorn Museum, DC

The Hotchkiss School, CT

Mr. & Mrs. Rungwe Kingdon, UK

Memphis College of Art, TN

Prospect Park, New York Historical Society, NY

Steuben Glass, Corning Museum, Corning, NY

The University Liggett School, MI

University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Weil, MO

Wynton Marsalis, NY

Ms. Nina Bohlen

Ms. Shellie Archbold

Mr. Lynn Harrell & Ms. Helen Nightengale

Mr. & Mrs.David Gamper

Mr. David Van Vactor

Ms. Bodie Brizendine & William Bullard

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Miller

Ms. Diane Lampert & Mr. Fred Stuart

Dr. Karen Feibusch

Dr. & Mrs. Norman Boyd

Ms. Nora Pierson

Ms. Elissa Weaver

Mr. & Mrs. Paolo Adami

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Trythall

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hinkle

Mr. & Mrs. Hyman Bloom

Mr. Peter Smith

Dr. & Mrs. Richard Eaton

Drs. Carrie & Alton Barron

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Lidow

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Bomer

Mr. & Mrs.William Boland

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Allured

Mr. & Mrs. Arvid Schmalz

Mr. Julius Schmidt

Mr. & Mrs. David Flaharty