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THBPhillip and Kelvin Laverne Coffee Table
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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LiveJun 8, 2024
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Phillip & Kelvin Laverne Creation of Man etched bronze coffee table, c. 1960s. Beautiful bronze coffee table with etched image of Michaelangelo's Creation of Man. Signed by Philip and Kelvin Laverne.
Artist Biography (Todd Merrill Studio):
Philip and Kelvin LaVerne operated as artist-furniture makers creating one of a kind and limited edition pieces that would be both functional and for display. Father and son made patinated and sculpted bronze tables and cabinets combining innovative techniques with traditional styles in a way that has rarely been matched since for its idiosyncratic artistry.Their unique production methods and goals are far more aligned with today’s avant-garde furniture designers than they were with either the high-end upholsters or the mass-production modernists who dominated the scene in their own day. The technique used by Philip and Kelvin was based on bronze-casting methods that were centuries old, tweaked to give each piece its own distinctive patina. It involved burying hand-carved bas relief slabs of bronze and pewter for six weeks in a container full of special soil that allowed them to oxidize naturally, causing the metal to change colors. This process for making the patinated bronze series started around 1954 and took six years for the LaVernes to refine. They lived up to the name of functional art with flat bronze and pewter surfaces articulated with classically-inspired images, and later pieces that were more sculptural and three-dimensional.
Philip called their pieces “functional art,” a concept he did not invent but that the LaVernes certainly did bring early to a wider audience through their gallery/showroom at 46 East 57th and an aggressive advertising campaign. For advertisements that appeared in the 1960s, Philip penned the tag-line: “It’s not just functional and not just art, it’s an investment.”
Size: 65 x 23 1/2 x 18 in.
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Height: 18.00 inWidth: 65.00 inDepth: 25.50 inDepth: 25.50 in - Shipping Info
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65 x 23 1/2 x 18 in.
