WILLIAM ZORACH (1887 1966) Kennebec River Bath Maine

Sale 2678 - Lot 77

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WILLIAM ZORACH (1887-1966)
Kennebec River, Bath, Maine.

Watercolor on wove paper, circa 1940. 395x575 mm; 15½x21¾ inches. Signed in ink, lower right, and titled in pencil, verso.

Provenance
Private collection, New York.

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William and Marguerite Zorach spent the summer of 1919 in Stonington, Maine, often visiting John Marin. Enchanted by the natural beauty of the area, they purchased a home in Robinhood Cove on Georgetown Island in 1923. They considered themselves permanent residents of Maine; Zorach would spend summers there for the rest of his life. Both the Maine environment, people, and heritage inspired Zorach into his late career. In 1961 Zorach completed a sculptural fountain for the Bath Garden Club. Spirit of the Sea in Bath's City Park honored the city's maritime history and was a labor of love for Zorach.

Born in 1887 in Lithuania, William Zorach immigrated to Cleveland, with his family at age 4. He worked as both a sculptor and watercolorist at the vanguard of American modernism, after briefly studying in Paris in the early 1910's. While Zorach initially practiced painting, his interests in sculpture, which took root in 1917, soon eclipsed all other media. By the 1930's, Zorach was regarded as one of America's premier sculptors and was honored with multiple commissions and exhibitions including shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Art Institute of Chicago.