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The September 2022 Auctions: Day 1

Sat, Sep 17, 2022 11:00AM EDT
Lot 34

JAY HOLLAND (DETROIT, 1928-2016) BRONZE SCULPTURE, 1981, H 21", W 9", "MONTEBANK"

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

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A 1981 bronze sculpture by Jay Holland depicting the Montebank in a contrapposto pose. Artist's signature, date and edition number (1/6). Jay Holland studied at the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts (now the Center for Creative Studies (CCS)) and Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was a Professor of sculpture at CCS for 34 years and served two years as Fine Arts Chairman. He exhibited at the Flint Museum of Art (1960), Michigan State University (1985), Bloomfield-Birmingham Art Center (2006) and the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw Valley State University (2016) where a later casting from this edition was exhibited and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue. This work was titled in the exhibition catalogue as "Montebank". It is possible that this was a typographical error and the correct title could be meant to describe the swindler or trickster "Mountebank". Depth 7".