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Joseph Goethe - Mid-Century Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Joseph Goethe - Mid-Century Abstract Bronze Sculpture
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Joseph Goethe (American. 1912 - 1993). Mid-Century abstract bronze sculpture mounted on a wood and stone base. C. 1960’s. Signed on the lower edge, stamped into the bronze “GOETHE” under his “G” monogram. Signed again on the top of the wood base with a stamped “G”. Original brown and green surface patination.

SIZE: Height (including base) - 25”

PROVENANCE: Formerly in the collection of the artist Stanton Macdonald Wright (1890-1973), a close friend of Goethe.

NOTES / REFERENCES: Joseph Goethe (1912-1993). Sculptor, painter, engraver, craftsman and author. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1912, Goethe studied at the Dayton Art Institute and the Phillips Gallery in Washington, DC. By 1947 he had moved to California with a studio in Santa Monica. He was a member of the Santa Monica Art Guild. During the 1960s he lived on the Monterey Peninsula. He died in Santa Barbara, CA on Dec. 5, 1993.

Exhibitions & Museum Collections: Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington DC.; Hoosier Salon; Society of Independent Artists; National Academy of Design; Art Institute of Chicago; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; The 3rd International Sculpture Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950; Pennsylvania Academy ‘Moderns 1910-1940’; the San Francisco Museum of Art; Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina; Museum of Fine Art in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Member: American Federation of Arts; Santa Monica Art Guild;

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Condition
Good condition. No damage or restoration. Light overall wear to wood base.
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Joseph Goethe - Mid-Century Abstract Bronze Sculpture

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