Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Working (Hand signed and inscribed twice by Ursula von Rydingsvard), 2011

Ursula Von Rydingsvard

Working (Hand signed and inscribed twice by Ursula von Rydingsvard), 2011

Hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued (Hand signed and inscribed twice by Ursula von Rydingsvard in both 2013 and 2014)

Hand signed and inscribed twice by Ursula von Rydingsvard on the title and half title page

10 × 12 × 1 1/2 inches

unframed

Provenance:
Hand signed for the present owner at Ursula von Rydingsvard Permeated Shield at Galerie Lelong, NY, on October 23, 2014. (also hand signed, dated and inscribed to the previous owner in 2013)

Hand signed and inscribed to the present owner (Kevin) on the title page at Ursula von Rydingsvard Permeated Shield at Galerie Lelong, NY, on October 23, 2014. Also previously inscribed to the previous owner (Ted) on the first front end page. The second inscription reads:
To Ted
With warmest
wishes &
Admiration
Ursula Von Rydingsvard
July 2, 2013

Book information:
Publisher:‎ Prestel (March 1, 2011)
English; Hardcover; 208 pages with color illustrations

Publisher's blurb::
Challenging the conventions and limits of ideas of nature and culture, Ursula von Rydingsvard's monumental sculpture of cedar and cast materials have established her as a distinctive presence in the landscape of international sculpture. With a penetrating critical assessment by Patricia C. Phillips of von Rydingsvard's challenging and emotionally complex work, this volume comprehensively surveys more than thirty years of her continuing explorations in form and process.

About Ursula von Rydingsvard:

Over a remarkable five-decade-long career, Ursula von Rydingsvard has become one of the most influential sculptors working today. She is best known for creating large-scale, often monumental sculpture from cedar beams, which she painstakingly cuts and assembles before finally rubbing a graphite patina into the work’s textured, faceted surfaces. Her signature abstract shapes refer to things in the real world—vessels, bowls, tools, and other objects—each revealing the mark of the human hand while also summoning natural forms and forces. In recent years, von Rydingsvard has explored other mediums in depth, such as bronze, paper, and resin, continuing to expand upon her unique artistic vocabulary. The artist’s large-scale bronze works can be found in many public spaces.

Von Rydingsvard’s work is represented in the permanent collections of 40 museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Missouri; Storm King Art Center, New York; Art Institute of Chicago and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Permanent

commissioned sculptures by von Rydingsvard are on view in multiple public locations including the San Francisco International Airport, California; Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; Princeton University, New Jersey; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Bloomberg Corporation, New York; and Barclays Center, New York; among others. Recent solo museum exhibitions include Ursula von Rydingsvard: Nothing but Art, a touring retrospective in Poland that was held at the Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko; Royal Łazienki Museum, Warsaw, and National Museum in Krakow; Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Pennsylvania; Now, She, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, UK and a solo presentation at the 56th Venice Biennale, Italy. A documentary feature about the artist’s practice Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own was released in 2019.

Von Rydingsvard was born 1942 in Deensen, Germany. She has lived and worked in New York City for 49 years.

Courtesy of Galerie Lelong