Susan Smyly (1940-2009) Original Sculpture
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Description
Date Created: 1971
Medium: Fibergass with paint
Dimensions: 28" tall. Base is 12 x 12"
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Daniel Friedenberg
Biography of the Artist:
Trained in Italy, a master of a myriad of sculptural techniques, Susan Smyly has worked for years outside the gallery system, honing her technique by producing intimate busts and bas-reliefs of people she knew or strangers she met on the street.
The work is distinguished by an extraordinary sensitivity to personality and individuality, a trait which carries over into her signature pieces, portrayals of beings inspired as much by the nightmares on the evening news as they are by the faces at the corner store.
Susan Smyly is a Fulbright scholar and has twice been awarded the Prix de Rome, given out annually by the American Academy in Italy. Her work has been represented in exhbitions including The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC; The Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC; and The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
Selected Collections
The Boston Public Library, Print Department, MA
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Chalfant
Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI
The Estate of Derek Jones, NY
Demi Moore, ID
Eastern Michigan University, MI
The Forum Gallery. NY
Hirshhorn Museum, DC
The Hotchkiss School, CT
Mr. & Mrs. Rungwe Kingdon, UK
Memphis College of Art, TN
Prospect Park, New York Historical Society, NY
Steuben Glass, Corning Museum, Corning, NY
The University Liggett School, MI
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Weil, MO
Wynton Marsalis, NY
Ms. Nina Bohlen
Ms. Shellie Archbold
Mr. Lynn Harrell & Ms. Helen Nightengale
Mr. & Mrs.David Gamper
Mr. David Van Vactor
Ms. Bodie Brizendine & William Bullard
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Miller
Ms. Diane Lampert & Mr. Fred Stuart
Dr. Karen Feibusch
Dr. & Mrs. Norman Boyd
Ms. Nora Pierson
Ms. Elissa Weaver
Mr. & Mrs. Paolo Adami
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Trythall
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hinkle
Mr. & Mrs. Hyman Bloom
Mr. Peter Smith
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Eaton
Drs. Carrie & Alton Barron
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Lidow
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Bomer
Mr. & Mrs.William Boland
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Allured
Mr. & Mrs. Arvid Schmalz
Mr. Julius Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. David Flaharty
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