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THBLeonard Esbensen "Flying Saucer" Wood Relief (1989)
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Leonard Esbensen
(California, 1940-2024)
Flying Saucer, 1989
Carved pine
21" x 21" x 1 1/2"
From the artist's estate.
A life long artist, Leonard Esbensen earned his Bachelors of Arts and Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Colorado. Upon graduating in 1963, Esbensen began regularly exhibiting his work at the Richard Feign Gallery in New York City and the Feign-Palmer Gallery in Los Angeles, and later that decade he had a one-man show at the Herbert Palmer Gallery. An art history professor and avid reader, Esbensen embodied a vast knowledge of classical art, architecture, language, and literature, and his interests composed a range of contemporary art, novels, movies and pop culture-- all would inform his own work.
In the early 1980s, Esbensen began to work in the medium of pine wood bas relief carving, exploring themes of the cosmos, the origin of mankind, ancient civilization and technology. He would often take up to a year or more planning and executing each unique work. As he aged, Esbensen became more and more reclusive, creating artwork more prolifically and ambitiously than ever but no longer showing to the public. Following his passing last year, Leonard's family is now committed to circulating this tremendous body of work for collectors to consider and appreciate.
Dimension
Height: 21.00 inWidth: 21.00 inDepth: 1.50 inDepth: 1.50 inCondition
Very good condition.
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