Large bronze by Jerry Joslin, Glory to the Deep
69 inches by 31 inches by 23 inches.

This large bronze, was removed from a townhouse on 74th street on the upper east side, NYC, between Madison and Fifth avenue. The owner recently passed away and the townhouse has been put on the market. This bronze, showing a mermaid swimming to a reef with sea animals, was in the townhouse at the end of a floor that contained a large swimming pool. The mermaid bronze was on a ledge overlooking the pool. Photos available. The weight is about 350 pounds. Two strong men have trouble lifting it, but three strong men can lift it.

Jerry Joslin
(Source: Joslin-studios.com) Jerry Joslin was the modern master of representational figurative sculpture. He chose his discipline because it offers the great challenge: to express my deepest feelings, intuition, inspiration and perception, all in terms that others can understand and appreciate. The human figure is undeniably the touchstone to art in any era. His sculpture is imbued with a lyrical romance that carries the traditions of the old European masters onward into figurative interplay with precise execution. Implicit in each sculpture is a personal communication that exposes the intellect of this artist. His designs exclude the tension and release that animate his composition. John Guernsey, an Oregon journalist described Joslin as: a man who dreams many dreams and then makes them come true. Born in Portland, Oregon in 942, graduated from Portland State College in 1966, Joslin spent a restless decade studying various art forms while serving as Captain aboard the U.S.G.S research vessel Polaris, then cruised throughout the South Pacific on his own sailboat and lived with the natives in the Tuamotos ad Marquesas.

In 1979 Joslin was riveted by the passion that would shape his future. He became a student of sculpture. Working in stone, wax, and clay, he studied throughout the length and breadth of Europe and with characteristic self-discipline he became a master sculptor. Jerry Joslin owed no allegiance to any school but drank deep from lifes experience and masterfully sculpted his unique personal images into immutable statements. Attesting to his pre-eminence among contemporary figurative sculptors, Joslins impression body of work, created over the last quarter century, is represented in many museum, public and private collections around the world.

Good condition overall, some discoloration or streaking to the surface over 5% of the surface (see last photo)