Pegot Waring
Pegot Waring (born April 5, 1909 in Dallas , † February 1, 1983 in Los Angeles ) was an American sculptor . She created mostly figurative sculptures, often depictions of animals.
Pegot was briefly married in the late 1920s (family name: Wolf); however, she chose Waring as her stage name. She studied at Washington University until she moved to Los Angeles in 1938. She taught at the Otis Art Institute, Pomona College and the Los Angeles Institute of Art. With the exception of a brief stay in New York City in 1948, she lived in Los Angeles until her death.
Works
- 1940: Bird (black marble), height 18 cm
- 1941: Fish (white marble), height 25 cm
- 1943: Reptile (Pink Tennessee Marble), height 20 cm, length 122 cm
- 1944: Bat (black marble), height 43 cm, length 122 cm
- 1945: Baboon (sandstone), height 81 cm
- 1945: Bull (French limestone), height 56 cm, length 71 cm
- after 1945: angel
- after 1945: Bird making nest (steel wood), height 47 cm
- 1946: Hippopotamus (granite), height 46 cm, length 69 cm (formerly Bruno Adriani Collection , Carmel-by-the-Sea , USA)
- 1948: Grasshopper (pock wood), height 23 cm, length 69 cm
- 1949: Poet (Pockholz), height 61 cm
- 1950: Stone Spider (marble), height 13 cm
- around 1960: New Man (limestone)
Exhibitions
- City Art Museum of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA: Origins of Modern Sculpture (1946)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: 3rd Sculpture International (1949)
- Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA: Sculpture by Pegot Waring (1950)
- USC Fine Arts Upstairs Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (1961)
literature
- Pegot Waring , New York; NY: Nierendorf Ed., 1945
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ownership: LACMA [1]
- ↑ lacma.files.wordpress.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waring, Pegot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sculptress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dallas |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1983 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |