Lot 117
  • 117

William Zorach

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • William Zorach
  • Study for 'Head of Moses'
  • inscribed Zorach and numbered 2/6
  • bronze, brown patina on a 2 inch black base
  • Height: 10 inches
  • (25.5 cm)
  • Cast in 1950.

Provenance

Zorach Collection
United Jewish Appeal Charity Auction, New York, June 4, 1974
Acquired at the above by the present owner

Condition

in good condition
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Catalogue Note

Zorach sculpted the heads of several biblical figures.  Though his family was Jewish, he was not a practicing member of the faith as an adult.  He did believe in a universal spirit that permeated all living things and in the case of the present work, gave his version of the prophet a stern expression which conveys the power and authority of revelation.