Wheeler Williams



Wheeler Williams
American, 1897 – 1924
Maya, 1927
Bronze, Black green patina
21 1/2 h. x 8 1/4 w. x 4 1/4 d. inches.








Wheeler Williams
American, 1897 – 1924
The Boxer, 1924
Bronze, Black Patina
8 1/16 h. x 4 1/8 w. x 5 1/6 d. inches
Signed: Wheeler Williams ’24

Wheeler Williams
American, 1897-1972
Torso
Bronze, dark brown patina
5 H. x 2 1/4 W. x 3 D. inches
Signed right lower edge: Wheeler Williams


Wheeler Williams
American, 1897-1972
Cherokee, 1936
Bronze. Unique cast. Brown and black patina
Signed left rear: WHEELER. WILLIAMS.
Inscribed left underside: A . BASKY . F’DRY . N.Y.
15 H. x 13 ¼ W. x 8 ¾ D. inches
Variegated green marble base: 9 ½ H. x 8 ¼ W. x 8 ¼ D. inches
Titled on front of base: CHEROKEE
Overall height: 24 ½ inches
Provenance:
The Artist, by direct descent
Literature:
The National Sculpture Society, “The American Sculptors Series: WheelerWilliams,” (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1947): ill. p. 40 (half-life-size version, 1936, illustrated)
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Wheeler Williams
American, 1897 – 1924
Euterpe, 1935
Bronze, brown patina
16 H. x 12 W. x 6 D. inches
Signed on rear of base: Wheeler Williams ’35 / ©


Wheeler Williams
American, 1897 – 1924
Flight of the Arrow, 1939
Gilt Bronze
Unique Cast
Signed and dated on right front base
Wheeler Williams, 1931
23 3/4 h. x 21 1/2 w. x 8 1/2 d. inches
Artist Description
Williams studied sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He attended Yale where he graduated Magna cum Laude in 1919. He received a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. Williams studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
He was one of a dozen sculptors invited to compete in the Pioneer Woman statue competition in 1927, which he failed to win. His model for that competition was later enlarged, cast and placed in front of the public library in Liberty, Kansas.
Williams was a recipient of a Gould Medal at the Paris Exposition in 1937. He was a member of the National Academy, past president of the Fine Arts Federation of New York, and longtime president of the National Sculpture Society. Wheeler was also the founder and president of the American Artist Professional League.