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"Popliteo" (Luis Montoya, Spanish & Leslie Ortiz, American)
Estimate:
€2,000 - €3,000
Sold
€3,800
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
14 by 16 by 16in. (35.6 by 40.6 by 40.6cm)
Description
Title: NEW TOMATO ON PLATE
Note: Spanish born Montoya established the first fine art foundry in South Florida, opened a sculpture supply store and developed the Sculpture Department at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach where he taught for many years. Ortiz began working at Montoya's foundry in 1985. Since 1994 Luis Montoya and Leslie Ortiz have been collaborating and producing unique artworks together as 'Popliteo'. Their works can be found in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Sculpture, Valladolid, Spain, the Circle of Fine Arts in Madrid, the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Washington, Boca Raton Museum of Art, the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach, the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art in Racine, Wisconsin among other locations internationally. Special commissions include the Palm Beach International Airport and the Tokyo/Fuji Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan.
Note: Spanish born Montoya established the first fine art foundry in South Florida, opened a sculpture supply store and developed the Sculpture Department at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach where he taught for many years. Ortiz began working at Montoya's foundry in 1985. Since 1994 Luis Montoya and Leslie Ortiz have been collaborating and producing unique artworks together as 'Popliteo'. Their works can be found in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Sculpture, Valladolid, Spain, the Circle of Fine Arts in Madrid, the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Washington, Boca Raton Museum of Art, the Society of Four Arts in Palm Beach, the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art in Racine, Wisconsin among other locations internationally. Special commissions include the Palm Beach International Airport and the Tokyo/Fuji Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan.
Medium
bronze; (from an edition of 3)
Provenance
Solomon Gallery, Dublin;
Where purchased by the present owner
Exhibited
'The Secret Garden' at Iveagh Gardens, Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 2008;
Patrick Guilbaud's, Dublin, until 2009
