Robert Engman – Michener Series

Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Two Circles, Variation 2
Bronze
8 ½ H. x 7 W. x 6 D. inches
Edition of 25

Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Three Circles, Variation 3
Bronze
8 ¼ H. x 8 W. x 5 D. inches
Hand scribed on sculpture by artist RE ‘03
Edition of 25


Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Oval, Two Squares, One Circle
Bronze
10 ½ H. x 6 W. x 4 ½ D. inches
Edition of 25


Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Iconic “Mask,” Variation 2
Bronze
8 ½ H. x 6 ½ W. inches
Edition of 25




Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Single Circle, Variation 2
Bronze
9 H. x 6 ½ W. inches
Edition of 25

Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Two Squares, Variation 8
Bronze
8 H. x 8 W. inches
Edition of 25

Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Two Squares, Variation 2
Bronze
8 ½ H. x 7 W. inches
Edition of 25
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Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Iconic, Variation 3 – Triune
Bronze
10 ¼ H. x 8 ¾ W. x 6 ¾ D. inches
Edition of 25





Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Two Circles, Variation 13
Bronze
8 H. x 7 W. inches
Edition Of 25





Robert Engman
American 1927–2018
Iyengar, Variation 3
Bronze
9 ¼ H. x 9 W. inches
Edition of 25
Artist Description
Engman was born in 1927 to parents who had emigrated from Sweden. He joined the Navy at the age of 15, serving in World War II in the Pacific. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA, and from Yale University with an MFA in 1955, in Painting and in Sculpture, where he studied with Josef Albers. Albers wrote of him: “Only a few independent ones were courageous enough to concentrate on the plane—the in-between of volume and line—as a broad sculptural concept and promise.”
Engman has taught sculpture at Yale University, and at the University of Pennsylvania (“Penn”).
Students collaborated with Engman to create the Peace Symbol (1967) sculpture which was installed in front of the Van Pelt Library at Penn in 1983.
One of his best-known sculptures, Triune (1975), stands at the southwest corner of Philadelphia City Hall. Another work, Kings (1975) is at 78th and Lindbergh Streets, also in Philadelphia.
In his work, he often explores minimal surface intersections of geometric forms. Others have been fascinated with the science and mathematics of such surfaces, including the late R. Buckminster Fuller.