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2023 Fall Fine Art & Antiques (Day 2)

Sat, Oct 7, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 509

3 Small Olen Bryant Gilt Ceramic Sculpture Items

Estimate: $400 - $450

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1st item: Olen Bryant (American/Tennessee, 1927-2017) square ceramic face or mask sculpture with crackled gilding layered over red glaze. Signed "O BRYANT '89" en verso. Wire hanger on back. 9" H x 9" W x 1" D. 2nd item: Small gilt ceramic angel figure, which fits into a separate carved wooden circular stand on square base. Unsigned. 9"H. 3rd item: Gilt ceramic mask sculpture, mounted to a brown glazed ceramic rectangular base. Signed en verso with illegible date. 5 1/2"H x 6 1/2"W x 2"D. Biography: Born in Cookeville, TN, Bryant was a 1950 graduate of Murray State University and a 1954 graduate of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield, Michigan with a Master's Degree in Fine Arts. He additionally studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Institute in the Visual Arts in American Culture at the University of Delaware and the Winterthur Museum in 1967. Bryant was a professor at Austin Peay State University from 1964 to 1991. Bryant's artwork is widely collected around the United States and is a part of several museum collections, including the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, the Tennessee State Museum of Art and the Cheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville and his works have been displayed at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and at the Governor's Mansion during the Phil Bredesen administration. He was a founding member of the Nashville Artist Guild and the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists (source: Nashville Fine Arts Magazine & The Leaf Chronicle).

Condition

1st item: Repaired break to bottom left corner. Other items excellent condition.

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