Description: Title: Paloma. Medium: Cast bronze with gold patina. Edition: 3 of 9. Description: 17.25" high. Signature: S. Meyer, 3/9, impressed signature to base of form. The sculpture is attached to a 7 x 7.5" ebonized wooden plinth, which is 2" high. Plaque to front of plinth with title and artist's name.

History: Seymour W. Meyer, 1914 – 2009. Sculptor and physician. Born in Brooklyn to Nettie and Louis Meyer. Both his parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia who later became naturalized U S citizens. During his youth, the family resided on Tompkins Avenue in Brooklyn. Meyer attended Brooklyn College, where he graduated in 1934 (he won a lifetime achievement award from the college in 1994). For his medical training, he attended the New York University School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1939 and then interned at Cumberland hospital. He worked as a successful hand surgeon and an attending physician at Beth El, Cumberland, and St. John’s hospitals in Brooklyn, and resided in Great Neck, Long Island. He was also a founder of the now closed Deepdale General Hospital in Little Neck, New York. Meyer was the author of a surgical textbook as well as numerous articles on surgery and was an inventor with a number of patents to his credit. In the early 1960's, Meyer decided to enroll in the Great Neck School District's adult education program to study sculpture. Considering his knowledge of the human body and its anatomical structure, it is not surprising he chose sculpture, though he would follow an abstract route. It was his good fortune that the noted American sculptor, Louise Nevelson taught his course. By the mid-1960s, Meyer had achieved enough confidence to begin exhibiting his works publicly, and they immediately found favor. In 1965 he started to show at local venues, the Almus Gallery and Studio 733, both located in Great Neck. The following year, he participated in his first New York City exhibition, held at the Sculpture House Gallery. The late 1960s through the early 1980s was a banner time for the type of abstract forms that Meyer favored, and during that period he participated in over 60 national and international exhibitions. In his sculpture, Meyer worked primarily in wood, aluminum, and bronze with a number of different finishes, including those created using nickel and silver. The surfaces of his sculptures are usually refined, smooth, and highly polished, which "add an impressionist dimension to the work; the play of light and shadow on the convexities and concavities constantly changing and enhancing the cast bronze or aluminum." His works were issued in a variety of sizes, from small pieces measuring less than a foot to works that approached nearly three feet in height. The majority of his sculptures were cast in Brooklyn, New York and were issued in editions of nine or less.

Provenance: N/A

Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 26.5 | Height(in) = 19.5 | Width(in) = 9 | Depth(in) = 8

Size of Artwork(in): 19.5 x 9 x 8"

Artist Name: Seymour Meyer

Medium: Bronze

Circa: Circa 1970

Overall good condition. Minor areas of oxidation & corrosion, however, not distracting. Scattered slight speckling, likely from cleaning agent.