Paul R. Evans

Paul Evans ( born May 20, 1931 in Newtown, Pennsylvania, † March 7, 1987 Iceland Nantucket, Massachusetts ) was an American silver, gold and iron - smith, sculptor and furniture designer.

Life and career

After his artistic and artisanal basic training, he received a scholarship to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. In the 1950s, began in a garage in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and then moved his studio / workshop to Plumsteadville, Pennsylvania, where he employed up to 35 employees. There initially copper chests and cabinets and serving later with sculpted front and side parts and other furnishings and furniture, such as dining chairs from corrugated cardboard. Created in collaboration with the company Directional Furniture (now Directional, Inc.) The objects that were made in the past for lovers and mostly signed, are highly valued today in American and foreign collectors.

Collectibles

  • Eye Cabinet: wall cabinet made ​​of welded steel and bronze, covered with a slate
  • Cigarette Box: walnut covered with red felt
  • Welded Club Chair: Chair made ​​of welded steel and bronze, white suede upholstery with black upholstery buttons. Dimensions: 78.7 cm deep × 81.3 cm wide × 76.2 cm
  • Sculptured Front Cabinet: Two-door cabinet made ​​of steel and wood with gold leaf occupied drawers. Dimensions: 208.3 cm x 91.4 cm wide x 50.8 cm deep. From this type only six copies were made ​​around 1970.
  • 1970: side table with glass top, which is held by diamond shaped, bronze and gleaming steel supports.
  • Hanging Cupboard: welded enamelled or bronzed steel with a slate plate. The dimensions are: 61.1 cm deep X 252.1 cm wide x 61.3 cm. On 17 December 2009 this property was sold at Sotheby's in New York for U.S. $ 218,500.
  • Mirrored Four - Post Bed: one clad in blue, iridescent mirrors poster bed with attached mirror and dressing table.
  • Ice container: Walnut veneer and brass, 39 cm high. Christie 's London July 2013.

Swell

  • James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
  • New York Times of 3 April 2008
  • Handelsblatt newspaper on January 15, 2010
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