Jane F. Ullman American 1908 - 1991 Ceramic Sculpture Abstract 1960 Baby Nursing
Jane F. Ullman (American 1908 - 1991) Ceramic Sculpture, Dated 1960. Untitled, infant nursing. Signed "Jane F. Ullman, 1960. From the artist's estate. 7lb Known for her mastery of portraiture as well as her abstract terra cotta and marble forms, Mrs. Ullman's subjects included cellist Gregor Piatigorsky (displayed at the Music Center); bibliophile Jake Zeitlin (at UCLA); psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim (at the University of Chicago) and writer and poet Gertrude Stein (Coluz, France). Additionally, she was known for her Cubist-influenced, tabletop sculptures--abstractions diametrically opposed to her literal portraits. In them she amassed cubes, rectangles and irregular geometric configurations in vertical patterns that were likened by critics to "totemic structures." Approx.
Measurements: 8" x 4" x 6.5" Condition: Great condition with some rubbed areas of slip, surface marks to base.
Condition Report: Great condition with some rubbed areas of slip, surface marks to base.
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Jane F. Ullman (American 1908 - 1991) Ceramic Sculpture, Dated 1960. Untitled, infant nursing. Signed "Jane F. Ullman, 1960. From the artist's estate. 7lb Known for her mastery of portraiture as well as her abstract terra cotta and marble forms, Mrs. Ullman's subjects included cellist Gregor Piatigorsky (displayed at the Music Center); bibliophile Jake Zeitlin (at UCLA); psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim (at the University of Chicago) and writer and poet Gertrude Stein (Coluz, France). Additionally, she was known for her Cubist-influenced, tabletop sculptures--abstractions diametrically opposed to her literal portraits. In them she amassed cubes, rectangles and irregular geometric configurations in vertical patterns that were likened by critics to "totemic structures." Approx.
Measurements: 8" x 4" x 6.5" Condition: Great condition with some rubbed areas of slip, surface marks to base.
Condition Report: Great condition with some rubbed areas of slip, surface marks to base.
