Modern America: The Wolf Family Collection
Modern America: The Wolf Family Collection
Elihu Vedder
Japanese Dragon: Three Fireplace Panels
Auction Closed
April 20, 07:56 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Elihu Vedder
1836 - 1923
Japanese Dragon: Three Fireplace Panels
center panel: inscribed FROM / THE JAI / by / Elihu Vedder (bottom right); side panels: inscribed Elihu Vedder / 1881 / copyright 1882 by Caryl Coleman (lower center)
each: bronze
each: 31½ in. (80 cm.) high
Conceived in 1881.
Sotheby's New York, May 28, 1987, lot 120 (consigned by the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0894 (acquired from the above)
Regina Soria; Joshua Taylor; Jane Dillenberger; Richard Murray, Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder, Washington, D.C., 1979, p. 180
Upon moving to New York City in 1881, Elihu Vedder turned to the decorative arts as a source of income. While he made greeting cards, stained glass, tiles and more, his firebacks were some of his most successful works. Japanese Dragon and two other designs (Sun God and Soul of the Sun Flower) were put into limited production by John G. Low's Chelsea Tile Works.
Vedder's design for Japanese Dragon was modeled and reproduced in cast iron first by Charles Caryl Coleman, Vedder's close friend and fellow artist. It was later cast by Smith and Anthony.