196 Allan Houser -Singing Heart

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This item SOLD at 2018 Apr 07 @ 13:30UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Category Art
Auction Currency USD
Start Price NA
Estimated at 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD
Singing Heart
Artist: Allan Houser
Date of Birth: 1914-1994
Medium: Bronze, cast number 5/10
Dimensions: 56 inches high, 32 inches wide
Signed: Signed and dated 90
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A lullaby in bronze, the soft curves of Allan Houser’s Singing Heart seem to flow from the song the mother sings to her swaddled child. Still awake, but barely, the child stares off into whatever dreamland his mother’s song creates. Mother and child are one, in patinated bronze, but Houser deftly sets off the blanket that encircles and unites them. The mother’s adornments–necklace and earrings–lend the piece a touch of rebellion. She isn’t about to subordinate her identity to her child. If she wants to look good, she will.