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THBDonald De Lue (American, 1897-1988) Phaeton II
Lot 351
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Donald De Lue (American, 1897-1988)
Phaeton II
Signed, dated, numbered, and inscribed with Tallix foundry mark "D De Lue/SC 1972/© 1986/5/12..." in the lower edge of the bronze.
Bronze with gold/brown patina, height 27 5/8 in. (70.0 cm), on a polished stone plinth.
Condition: Minor dust and dirt to interstices.
N.B. In his book The Sculpture of Donald De Lue, Roger Howlett observed that Donald De Lue returned to the subject of Phaeton many times in his drawings and sculptures. De Lue was fascinated by the Classical myths of the striving of mortals, such as Icarus and Phaeton, to reach the heavens. The young Phaeton, child of the sun god Helios, begged to drive his father's chariot, but he was unable to control the horses, causing a wild and dangerous calamity as the chariot scorched the Earth. Zeus was forced to intervene and struck Phaeton with a thunderbolt to halt the carnage, plunging Phaeton to the ground. Through this dramatic subject, De Lue found the way to explore both the formal problems and the meaning of the figure falling through space. Phaeton I from 1960, which included Phaeton falling with one of the chariot's horses, won the Samuel F. B. Morse prize at the National Academy of Design's 142nd Annual Exhibition in 1967. In Phaeton II, De Lue focused on the single falling form of Phaeton, the figure conceived in strong contrapposto, designed to be seen in the round.
D. Roger Howlett, The Sculpture of Donald De Lue, Gods, Prophets, and Heros (Boston: David R Goding, 1990), pp. 123 and 191.
Estimate $10,000-15,000
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