Rare Dorothy Thorpe Vintage Resin Acrylic Lucite Venus Female Sculpture Statue

Description: Rare Dorothy Thorpe Vintage Resin Acrylic Lucite Venus Italica Female Figure Sculpture Statue. A remarkable statement piece! Stylish and Very Rare Dorothy Thorpe mid-century cast resin female Venus's figure sculpture with slight hints of purple color running throughout the body and gold color running throughout ends of her hair. Display it on a lighted pedestal to showcase this beauty that stands 16" inches tall. This Dorothy Thorpe Vintage Translucent Resin sculpture has the prettiest face of any Venus Itálica sculpture. The Sculpture is truly mesmerizing as the gorgeous lavender transparent color changes in the light and the soft gold color running on the tips of her hair also changes in the light. It has a translucent texture to the finish allowing the natural light to dance through it almost looks like glass. c.1950’s. The sculpture is marked/tagged with Dorothy Thorpe sticker. I believe this is a one-of-a-kind piece. It was acquired at an estate sale in San Clemente not far from Carlsbad, CA where Dorothy Thorpe lived until her death in 1989. Dorothy Thorpe was a modernist artist and designer known for her iconic glassware and her Lucite/resin/acrylic pieces during the Mid-Century era. Thorpe's resin rendition of the landmark marble statue of the Venus Itálica in Florence, by Antonio Canova ,1804-1812. The color of this piece is a delicate lavender that is especially beautiful in the light. Measures about 16 inches tall 4 1/2 in wide x 4 1/2" Depth and weighs almost 3 pounds. These sculpture pieces/ works elevated Thorpe to artist, and this piece is simply beautiful, and it is in very good vintage condition, No chips, cracks, and or repairs. It is a high quality reproduction of a sculpture of Venus Itálica, made of resin, Lucite, and or acrylic. Original sculpture by Antonio Canova (1757 – 1822), exhibited in the Gallery of the Pitti Palace in Florence. 19th century. Marble sculpture in a refined neoclassical style. Called Venus Itálica, her contemporaries considered her to be on a par with the best Venuses of antiquity. Venus -Aphrodite is the goddess of love. She was born from the foam of the sea of Cyprus, fertilized by the genitals of Uranus, thrown there by his son Cronus (Saturn) after he had castrated him. Aphrodite is the “Mistress of the smile”, the “braider of deceptions”. During the trial of Paris, the goddesses Hera and Athena were powerless against her seductive beauty. She was the protector of Troy and of Prince Paris, and later of the Trojan hero Aeneas, son of Anchises and symbolic founder of Rome. She is also fecundity in plant and animal nature. The dove is his bird. His son is Eros – the Latin Cupid – capricious archer with two arrows: one for happy loves, the other for unhappy ones.

Price: 1196.25 USD

Location: Oceanside, California

End Time: 2024-02-25T22:51:04.000Z

Shipping Cost: 45 USD