Vintage Large Modernist Mushroom Cluster Clay Sculpture by Margot Kempe (German, 1898-1981), Signed (ca. 1950)
Vintage Large Modernist Mushroom Cluster Clay Sculpture by Margot Kempe (German, 1898-1981), Signed on base. In very good condition with wear consistent with age. Please refer to photos for details. The last photo is of the sculpture in sunlight. The piece takes on a brownish hue when in natural light.
Size: 18.5”H x 11”W x 8.5”D
Margot Kempe was a German sculptor that fled from Germany during the Nazi occupation. She settled in Equador for nine years before moving to NYC.
Exhibited:
PAFA Ann., 1960; Detroit IA; Syracuse Mus. FA; Univ. Ohio; Mus. Natural Hist., NYC; Robertson Mem. Center, Binghampton, NY; Contemp. Religious Art, NYC; Contemp. Crafts Mus., NYC; Cooper Union Mus., NYC; Audubon Artists, NY; Knickerbocker Exh., NYC; Silvermine Guild, CT (award); James Cox Gal., Woodstock, NY; Phila. Art All.; Smithonian Inst.; Norfolk (VA) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Trade & Convention Center, Phila.; Grace Church, San Fran.; Greenwich House, NYC, 1980 (retrospective); Europe and South America.
Vintage Large Modernist Mushroom Cluster Clay Sculpture by Margot Kempe (German, 1898-1981), Signed on base. In very good condition with wear consistent with age. Please refer to photos for details. The last photo is of the sculpture in sunlight. The piece takes on a brownish hue when in natural light.
Size: 18.5”H x 11”W x 8.5”D
Margot Kempe was a German sculptor that fled from Germany during the Nazi occupation. She settled in Equador for nine years before moving to NYC.
Exhibited:
PAFA Ann., 1960; Detroit IA; Syracuse Mus. FA; Univ. Ohio; Mus. Natural Hist., NYC; Robertson Mem. Center, Binghampton, NY; Contemp. Religious Art, NYC; Contemp. Crafts Mus., NYC; Cooper Union Mus., NYC; Audubon Artists, NY; Knickerbocker Exh., NYC; Silvermine Guild, CT (award); James Cox Gal., Woodstock, NY; Phila. Art All.; Smithonian Inst.; Norfolk (VA) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Trade & Convention Center, Phila.; Grace Church, San Fran.; Greenwich House, NYC, 1980 (retrospective); Europe and South America.
Vintage Large Modernist Mushroom Cluster Clay Sculpture by Margot Kempe (German, 1898-1981), Signed on base. In very good condition with wear consistent with age. Please refer to photos for details. The last photo is of the sculpture in sunlight. The piece takes on a brownish hue when in natural light.
Size: 18.5”H x 11”W x 8.5”D
Margot Kempe was a German sculptor that fled from Germany during the Nazi occupation. She settled in Equador for nine years before moving to NYC.
Exhibited:
PAFA Ann., 1960; Detroit IA; Syracuse Mus. FA; Univ. Ohio; Mus. Natural Hist., NYC; Robertson Mem. Center, Binghampton, NY; Contemp. Religious Art, NYC; Contemp. Crafts Mus., NYC; Cooper Union Mus., NYC; Audubon Artists, NY; Knickerbocker Exh., NYC; Silvermine Guild, CT (award); James Cox Gal., Woodstock, NY; Phila. Art All.; Smithonian Inst.; Norfolk (VA) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Trade & Convention Center, Phila.; Grace Church, San Fran.; Greenwich House, NYC, 1980 (retrospective); Europe and South America.
