Art

Item Description

This red 82" high terra cotta column “Pukao” offers a compelling landmark which will accent your residence, edifice, or business.  Providing a strong visual from a distance, it is a unique (one of a kind) statement in the landscape. It shows extremely well against adobe walls of various hues.  Properly installed, this sculpture is suitable to inhabit the outdoors and  requires no further tending.  It is also suitable for interior installation.  This column may currently be seen at the Mudwasp Sculpture Site in Cuba, NM.  

        Sculptor Sara Lee D’Alessandro has immersed herself in the medium of clay for over fifty years.   Eighteen years as a scenic artist in New York, particularly working in the grand scale of the Metropolitan Opera House, dampened her interest in sculpture of “table top” scale and inspired interest in the dynamics of Tableaux Vivants, (sculpture of a personable scale which stands on the same ground as the viewer).   Unencumbered with the traditional ceramic process her sculpture in clay exploits clay’s plasticity, immediacy and the creation of unique form.  Enjoy a look at www.saradalessandro.com.
         Recent exhibits in Southern NM include: Three large sculptures on the grounds of Bear Mountain Lodge (current);  a two person exhibition “Surprising Similitude in Mud and Paper” last Summer at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, and an exhibition at the Preston Contemporary Art Center in Mesilla, NM.  She will be giving a talk “Romancing the Monomorphic Form” at the Clay Festival in Silver City in the beginning of August.

Please call the artist for more information and details:   Sara Lee D'Alessandro    575.289-2417

Item Special Note

Information will be sent via email to the winning bidder after the auction closes.  Please note installation requirements.  Bidding on this item indicates acceptance of these stipulations.

This being a somewhat involved transaction the following must be understood and agreed to so to assure a successful installation:

Requirements of the sculptor
    1.  The sculptor will provide site location advice if requested.
    2. The sculptor will deliver the work, no charge, to a location within one hundred and twenty miles from Cuba, NM.  A location further away will require additional negotiation with the sculptor.
     3.  Sculptor will oversee proper installation at the site with the following provided by the bidder.  Installation should take approximately one hour.

 Requirements of the Bidder at the time of installation:
     1. Bidder must provide a strong assistant who can lift eighty pounds and can take direction.
     2. Bidder must have on hand available for use:  a sturdy ladder, a shovel, sledge hammer, and four five gallon buckets of gravel or other aggregate, and one 15"x15"x 8" cement block on site at the time of installation.
      3. Bidder will cover fuel expense from Cuba, NM to an installation location further than one hundred twenty miles from Cuba, NM and the return trip as indicated by receipts.  If distance is great (Southern NM) and requires an overnight stay bidder will cover that expense also or provide suitable overnight accommodation.

This offer is for locations of a one hundred twenty mile radius from Cuba, NM. Installations further away will require that the bidder arranges transportation costs for the sculpture and artist prior to the auction's close.