Michael Bauermeister (MO), Monumental Sculptural Wooden Vessel

1997, tall tapering cylindrical body, with conforming neck, signed and dated to the underside.
62 1/2 x 14 x 14 in.
Michael Bauermeister is a Missouri-based artist specializing in carved wood objects:
“Wood has become my voice and my language. Over years spent making things both useful and useless out of wood, the physical work of sawing, carving, turning, and polishing has become my contemplation. The real effort is in figuring out what to make next. Sometimes the wood itself makes a suggestion. Sometimes I work just to keep my hands occupied. And sometimes it all comes together into a kind of wooden poem.”

Bauermeister received his arts education at Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1975-76), and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture-Kansas City Art Institute (1979). His work is in various public and private collections including the prestigious venues of the Smithsonian Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.; the Boston Museum of Art; Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin; the University of Michigan Museum, Ann Arbor, Michingan; among many others.

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Good estate condition; some tight natural hairlines near base, appear stable.