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Description
DESCRIPTION: This is a wonderful and rare Curtis Jere wall sculpture, a “best of class” piece if ever there was one! A bit of info on the artist:
C. Jeré (or Curtis Jeré, often seen without the accent) is a metalwork company known for wall sculptures and household accessories. C. Jeré works range from representational to highly abstract, and are made and marketed by the corporation Artisan House.
Curtis Jeré is a compound nom de plume of founding artists Curtis Freiler and Jerry Fels, who combined parts of their own names to create the C. Jeré signature.
According to Modernism magazine, which interviewed Jerry Fels shortly before his death in October 2008, the company was founded in 1963 by Fels and his brother-in-law Curtis (Kurt) Freiler. Freiler was the production chief and Fels was head of design. Their goal was to produce “gallery-quality art for the masses.”[1] Prior to the establishment of Artisan House, the partners built a costume jewelry business, selling work under the names Renoir and Matisse, which employed around 300 people at one point.[2] Kurt and Jerry sold Artisan House in 1972. Kurt Freiler died July 22, 2013 at the age of 103.[3]
In a two-page article on the history of C. Jeré for the November 2010 issue of Elle Decor, Mitchell Owens wrote that, after launching in 1964, C. Jeré sculptures were “distributed by Raymor, a cutting edge studio in New York City, and retailed at Gump’s in San Francisco and other high quality emporiums…Under Freiler’s meticulous direction, the workers—a number of whom were minorities or handicapped—sheared, crimped, torched, and welded brass, copper, and other metals before coating them with luminous patinas…Today those pieces are attracting the admiration of leading dealers in vintage chic.”[4]
This large wall sculpture/hanging is finely crafted and detailed. The geometric wall sculpture offers colorful, modernist sensibilities to the home art collection. This sculpture is constructed for a tangled, undulating mass of wires crowned by geometric shapes of varying shapes, sizes, richly enameled in bright and vibrant colors. Ideal for the home that’s looking for a modern addition to the art collection, this sculpture is signed and dated “C. Jeré 2002” on one of the panels. This is an outstanding piece of Modernist art and will make a fine addition to any collection!
THE PIECE WILL BE PROFESSIONALLY PACKAGED AND FULLY INSURED FOR SHIPMENT. WE DO NOT MARK UP SHIPPING COSTS!
CONDITION: The sculpture presents well and is in very good condition, with minimal display wear and patina commensurate with age. No damage noted. Please review all photos before purchasing.
DIMENSIONS: approx. 49″ in height, 30″ in length, approx. 5″ in depth
INVENTORY CODE: 2023/587/KP/F
Additional information
| Weight | 12.5 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 52 × 32 × 8 in |
