M.L. Snowden Bronze Sculpture - ION Start Price USD 18,000.00 Current Price USD 18,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 20,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, August 16, 2008 End Time Saturday, August 23, 2008 Location Boston, Massachusetts See more about 'M.L. Snowden Bronze Sculpture - ION' Description "Ion"30"h x 13"w x 33"dBronze with acid etched platinee Fournier patina– Printer's Proof 6 of 10 Gallery Retail: $40,000 Artist:  M.L. SnowdenTitle of Art:   Ion  Dimensions:  30" x 13" x 33"Stands:  about 2.5 ft.  Material:  Bronze Weight:  50 lbs, including its base stands P.P. Edition Size: 10  Main Edition Size: 100 This sculpture has excellent provenance.  I received Ion from my sister as an anniversary gift, which included a certificate of authenticity.  My sister worked in a prominent art gallery that sold the work of M.L. Snowden and acquired a Printers Proof of Ion directly from the artist herself.  Artist Biography: Sculptor M.L. Snowden, from the age of seven, worked and studied with her sculptor father George Snowden. As she grew, she learned Rodin's transcendental sculpting techniques from her father and in 1990 she received the original sculpting tools of August Rodin which have passed from mentor to protege for three generations. Snowden's own devotion to sculpture has been acknowledged through the awards that have been bestowed upon her and her work. ION, RAIN PILLAR and WINDSCARF form the heart of the GEOLOGICAL COLLECTION, casting earth's elusive phenomena into earth's immortal art form. ION, forming the centerpiece of this triad, suspends one hundred pounds of bronze to literally hang in space from a mathematically calibrated one inch mortise. Delicate yet substantially weighty in its final bronze, WINDSCARF is also an illusion wherein Snowden gracefully inc lines the entire figure to fl oa t from an internal pinned mortise, hanging seventy pounds of free formed bronze in mid air. RAIN PILLAR completes the trilogy, suspended from a floating mortise and within its composition, embraces the cycle of rain from sky to land to earth and heavenwards.                                      Additional Bidder Information Serious Bidders Only! E-mail me with any questions, I will be happy to answer them. Payment must be received within 5 days from the close of the auction. Winning bidders are requested to respond immediately via e-mail notification with required information. All sales are final.   Place a Bid!