Abbott Pattison
(American, 1916-1999)

"Untitled"

patinated bronze
cast signature along front edge of self-base, a Marinelli foundry, Florence inscription along side edge, on a stone base.
overall h. 14-3/4", w. 17-1/4", d. 10-1/4"

Provenance: Estate of Thomas B. Lemann, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Notes: Pattison embarked on his art education at the tender age of ten when he attended drawing classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. He eventually went on to Yale, attaining a master's in fine art and achieving the coveted first prize for his class, a fellowship which afforded him the opportunity to travel to China and Japan. It was his years at Yale that convinced Pattison to concentrate on sculpture, though he continued to draw and paint throughout his life.

After military service during WWII, he returned to Chicago and soon joined the faculty of the Art Institute. Pattison worked in a variety of materials (bronze, brass, marble, steel) and techniques (casting, welding, carving), and his works reference not only the abstract expressionist style so popular at the time, but also the ancient figural sculpture of the Greeks and Etruscans.

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