William Zorach (American, 1887 – 1966)
Girl With Cat, 1927
Bronze, brown and green patina
17 ¼ H. x 10 ½ W. x 8 D. inches
Signed and dated: WM ZORACH 1927
Edition of six castings
William Zorach (American, 1887 – 1966)
The Dream, 1949
Pink Tennessee marble
9 H. x 12 W. x 5 ¼ D. inches
Signed twice, carved into stone: right base Zorach / rear base Zorach
Signed underneath in red crayon or marker: William Zorach
Bears Zabriskie Gallery label underneath
William Zorach (American, 1887 – 1966)
Spirit of the Dance, 1932
Bronze, brown patina with parcel-gilt.
25 1/2 H x 16 3/8W. x 10 ½ D. inches.
Signed on base: Zorach
Edition of 6 casts. Original marble base: 1 1/8 H. inches
William Zorach (American, 1887 – 1966)
Affection, 1933
Bronze, light brown patina
31 ¼ H. x 28 ½ W. x 12 D. inches
Signed and inscribed on base: ZORACH 1933 / 5/6 (edition)
Cast at Roman Bronze Works Foundry, New York, circa 1930’s
Set on period wood base
William Zorach (American, 1887 – 1966)
Frog, c. 1958
Bronze, 10 H. x 6 W. x 8 ½ D. inches
Inscribed with the artist’s signature and copyright and numbered 2/6, stamped, at the edge
Zorach Gorfinkel was born in 1889 into a Lithuanian Jewish family in Jurbarkas (Russian: Eurburg) in Lithuania (then a part of the Russian Empire) as the eighth of ten children, Zorach (then his given name) emigrated with his family to the United States in 1894. They settled in Cleveland, Ohio under the name “Finkelstein”. In school, his first name was changed to “William” by a teacher. Zorach stayed in Ohio for almost 15 years pursuing his artistic endeavors. He worked as a lithographer as a teenager and went on to study painting with Henry G. Keller at the Cleveland School of Art from 1905 to 1907. In 1908, Zorach moved to New York in enroll in the National Academy of Design. In 1910, Zorach moved to Paris with Cleveland artist and lithographer, Elmer Brubeck, to continue his artistic training at the La Palette art school.