Harry Rosin Pennsylvania Artist Reclining Nude Female Terracotta Clay Sculpture

  
This listing is for an original nude sculpture of a reclining woman by Harry Rosin. This piece, we believe, it made of reddish-brownish Terracotta clay.

18" long & about 6 1/2" high (at its highest point). The back of the hair is marked "Rosin 38". This sculpture is smooth with some texture along the hair. Wonderful original piece by Harry Rosin. There's a drying crease-like in the clay on the bottom behind the legs & toes; they are not cracks nor repairs.

Some imperfection inclusions in the clay on the knees, which are smooth and does not have any kind of texture when your finger slides over the spots. Slight color variation on the piece. Please view all pictures & please message with questions. Harry Rosin was New Hope's most famous sculptor.

His two most familiar works are the statue of John. Kelly in his racing scull, located in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, and the statue of baseball great, Connie Mack, at Philadelphia's stadium. Born in Philadelphia, Rosin graduated Central High School. He then worked for renowned wrought iron craftsman, Samuel Yellin. Rosin enrolled at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Charles Grafly.

He was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship by the Academy in 1926, and was off to Paris for additional studies. While there, he became acquainted with Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Jacques Lipschitz, Giorgio de Chirico and Lloyd Ney. A lifelong friendship would develop with Ney, who would also settle in New Hope. Upon returning home, Rosin found work scarce due to the Depression, so he traveled to the Island of Guadeloupe. Fortunately, there, he was given a commission for a sculpture by the local government. Upon completion of the sculpture, Rosin headed to Tahiti for a thirty-day trip in 1933, which turned into a four-year stay. Once again returning home, but this time with his Tahitian wife, Vilna, Rosin settled permanently near New Hope, and became one of the town's most beloved figures. He worked in bronze, cast stone, plaster and various compositions.

Much of his work depicts subjects of Tahitian influence. He also produced a body of oil paintings. Rosin headed the Sculpture Department at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1939 until 1967.

He had also taught iron design for a time at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts and pottery and modeling at Trenton State College. Rosin was an associate Member of the National Academy of Design and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Pine Arts, the Chicago World's Fair, the Texas Centennial, the Golden Gate Exposition in San Franciscan, the New York World's Fair, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Audubon Artists, the Whitney Museum of American Arc, the Carnegie Institute, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Modern American Artists of Paris and the Phillips Mill near New Hope. Recently "picked" from the Greater Philadelphia area, I personally hand select each antique, piece of art, jewelry or any other item of interest myself. Please feel free to message with any questions.

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• Features: Signed
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Subject: Nudes
• Material: Clay - Terracotta clay?
• Artist: Harry Rosin
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
• Type: Sculpture