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THBContemporary Carl Dahl Sculpture - "Winged Equestrian"
Lot 202
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Carl Dahl (American, active XX-XXI). "Winged Equestrian" porcelain and iron on wood base, n.d. A breathtaking sculpture by Carl Dahl depicting a winged equestrian - part human, part angel - riding a noble horse with his signature classical aesthetic. Dahl intentionally creates figures that are white and appear to be fragmentary, akin to the remains of ancient sculptures, suggesting age and history. Dahl describes them as "bleached" and "bone-like" reflecting not only the Classical World but also his personal experience of the severe desert landscape where he was raised. Size: 11.75" L x 13.875" W x 21.125" H (29.8 cm x 35.2 cm x 53.7 cm)
In addition to being a brilliant sculptor, Carl Dahl is also impressively eloquent when he describes his art, inspirations, and process as evident in the following statement, "In sculpture, I prefer to work on an intimate scale. This immediacy lets me work fast and with simple tools. My materials are moist clay, steel wire, time and heat. The emerging clay figures bleached, bone-like and suffused with rusting iron capture elemental parts of my desert experience. The wood bases reflect an instance of life grounding this entropy."
Horses and human figures are favorite subjects of Dahl's, and he has received international recognition for his horse sculptures. About horses, he states, "In horses, I find beauty, power and freedom; their legs, that seemed overly long to me as a child, rise to complete the perfect form. They remain one of life's great joys. There is nothing I would rather smell than a horse's neck - no greater feeling than sitting a horse. They recall the boy in me and have made me a better man." About humans, Dahl writes, "In the human figure I find fragments of perfection ... part Angel, part Beast. This paradox is a metaphor for the struggle to find meaning in the face of a world that, like the desert, is often unforgiving."
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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#172978Intentional cracks, losses, and oxidation - Dahl's aesthetic involves the suggestion of age to reference antiquity. Please note that some of the iron pieces protrude through the form; again, this was likely intended by Dahl.Condition
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