Fine Paintings & Sculpture
Description:
Harry Jackson (American, 1924-2011)
A Lack of Slack
Signed, dated, and numbered "© Harry Jackson 1973/LS" on the top of the base, with the WFS Italy foundry mark; inscribed and dedicated "FOR BILL WRIGHT/WHO SAVVYS THIS SWITCH./YOUR FRIEND AND FELLOW BELIEVER/HARRY" on the bronze base; titled on a presentation plaque affixed to the plinth.
Bronze with a brown/black patina, height 15 3/4 in. (40.0 cm),on a contoured stone base.
Condition: Dust and dirt to interstices.
Provenance: The collection of Joseph Thomas Alvarez III, California.
N.B. Bill Wright was the husband of Mary Wright, Harry Jackson's director of sales. This sculpture is considered an unnumbered, dedicated work, separate from the numbered edition. We would like to thank Matt Jackson for his kind assistance in cataloging this work.
Estimate $2,500-3,500
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Keywords
Bill Wright, Matt Jackson, Mary Wright, Joseph Thomas Alvarez III, B. Bill WrightRobin S.R. Starr
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