Edward Kemeys

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United States ( 1843 - 1907 ) - Sculptures Wikipedia® - Edward Kemeys

Auction House:
Christie's / Sep 29, 2009
Estimate:€6,981.78 - €10,472.67
Price:€55,327.65

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Edward Kemeys - 'standing Stag'

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Auction: Christie's - Feb 27, 2013- New York

Lot number: 38
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Edward Kemeys (1843-1907) 'Standing Stag' inscribed 'E. Kemeys.' with artist's device (on the base) bronze with brown patina 16½ in. (41.9 cm.) high J. Conner, J. Rosenkranz, American Sculpture 1845-1945, New York, 2001, pp. 12-13, another example illustrated. Edward Kemeys, a self taught sculptor, focused primarily on animals as subject matter, gaining mastery through intense observations of animals in their habitats.

Edward Kemeys - 'hereward'

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Auction: Christie's - Sep 25, 2012- New York

Lot number: 16
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Edward Kemeys (1843-1907) 'Hereward' signed 'EDWARD KEMEYS' and inscribed with title (along the base)--stamped 'PERTH AMBOY TERRA COTTA CO.' (on the base) terracotta 30 in. (76.2 cm.) high Private collection, New Jersey. Edward Kemeys is widely considered the first American sculptor to focus on the depiction of animals. During his career, Kemeys produced several important public works including The Wolves in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park, Still Hunt in New York's Central Park, and the two standing lions flanking the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago. The present sculpture was most likely a privately commissioned portrait of a prized pet bloodhound named Hereward. This distinctive name likely references Hereward the Wake, an 11th century soldier who played a celebrated role in the Anglo-Saxon resistance of Norman rule in England, gaining immediate fame after his courageous involvement in the siege of the Isle of Ely in 1070 and subsequent escape. Hereward the Wake remained a famed folk hero in England throughout the Middle Ages and rose to popularity again in the 19th century in Charles Kingsley's 1886 romantic novel, Hereward the Wake.

Edward Kemeys - Jaguar Ink Stand

Original 1880

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Auction: Christie's - Mar 3, 2011- New York

Lot number: 59
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Edward Kemeys (1843-1907) Jaguar Ink Stand inscribed 'Edward Kemeys' (on the base) bronze with brown patina 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high Conceived circa 1880. Provenance Private collection, New York. Exhibited Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, A Memorial Exhibitionof the Works in Sculpture of the Late Edward Kemeys, December15-24, 1907, no. 11.

Edward Kemeys - Coyote

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Auction: Christie's - Sep 29, 2009- New York

Lot number: 84
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Edward Kemeys (1843-1907) 'Coyote' inscribed 'Edward Kemeys.' with artist's device (along the base)--inscribed 'Gray Spirit of a day gone by/In canons haunted by thy cry/Coyote thou hast been for aye/Part of the lone lands mystery' (on the base)--inscribed 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS/N.Y. (along the base) bronze with verdigris patina 26 in. (66 cm.) high

Edward Kemeys - Hereward

Original 1889

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Auction: Christie's - Jan 23, 2009- New York

Lot number: 264
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EDWARD KEMEYS (1843-1907), DATED 1889 Hereward signed and dated Edward Kemeys 1889 terracotta 30 in. high, 52½ in. wide, 29½ in deep Edward Kemeys is widely considered the first American sculptorto focus on the depiction of animals. An entirely self-taughtartist, Kemeys is thought to have begun sculpting while working asa civil engineer in the construction of Central Park where, in1868, he was inspired by a German artist modeling the head of awolf (Francis E. Kent, Artists in Amboy (Perth Amboy, New Jersey,1925), p. 16). During his career, Kemeys produced several importantpublic works including The Wolves in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park,Still Hunt in New York's Central Park, and the two standing lionsflanking the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago. This sculpture was most likely a privately commissioned portrait ofa prized pet bloodhound named 'Hereward.' 'Hereward' bears astriking resemblance to another privately commissioned work Kemeyscompleted for the Cornelius Vanderbilt II Stables, which once stoodat 44 East 58th Street (fig. 1). In 1880, Kemeys added sculpturalembellishments to the facade of the stables including the centralbust of a bloodhound known as 'Brutus' (Christopher Gray, "AnElaborate Stable Fit for a Vanderbilt" The New York Times, April 6,2008). Kemeys maintained a close working relationship with the Perth AmboyTerracotta Company. Terracotta production flourished in America atthe end of the 19th Century and the Perth Amboy Terracotta Companyin New Jersey became the industry leader. Founded in 1873, theCompany owned and operated forty-six kilns on the Perth Amboywaterfront where the rich clay deposits yielded high qualityterracotta (Richard Veit and Mark Nonestied, "Taken for Granite:Terracotta Gravemakers from New Jersey and New York," Ceramics inAmerica, 2003 (Chipstone Foundation, 2003), p. 2). Hereward's distinctive name is probably a reference to Hereward theWake, an 11th century soldier who played a celebrated role in theAnglo-Saxon resistance of Norman rule in England. He gainedimmediate fame after his courageous involvement in the siege of theIsle of Ely in 1070 and his subsequent escape. Hereward the Wakeremained a famed folk hero in England throughout the Middle Agesand rose to popularity again in the 19th century in CharlesKingsley's 1886 romantic novel, Hereward the Wake (David Roffe,"Hereward," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OxfordUniversity Press, 2004),http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13074).