Costantino Nivola: bronze, fresco, concrete, marble, sandcast, terracotta
The Drawing Room is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Costantino Nivola (1911-1988), a Sardinian-born sculptor who emigrated to New York in 1938 and soon became central within the legendary generation of artists that congregated on Long Island's East End.
The show spotlights concrete sculptures, sandcast reliefs and a polychrome fresco from the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the classic marble and bronze forms the artist created in the 1980s. Nivola's approach to each medium is unified by his iconic distillation of the human form in timeless abstractions.
From cast cubist shapes that characterized the earliest works on view to the sensual silhouettes of his elegant late sculptures, Nivola produced an influential and enduring body of work that is represented in international museums and private collections. Many monumental reliefs and sculptures that were commissioned in collaboration with leading Modernist architects are preserved on public buildings throughout the United States.
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Costantino NivolaM.03, 1965signed and datedconcrete17 x 7 x 5 1/2 inches
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Costantino NivolaUntitled (Abstract Wall Plaque), 1959incised 'nivola 1959'concrete, polychrome paint28 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 1 3/8 inches
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Costantino NivolaUntitled, 1968Signed and datedPainted sandcast concrete11 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches
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Costantino NivolaUntitled (M28), 1969signed 'Nivola 1969'concrete polychrome18.8 x 6.7 x 5 inches
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Costantino NivolaA37, 1984signed and dated versosandcast plaster relief12 x 19 6/8 x 1 5/8 inches
14 1/8 x 21 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches framed -
Costantino NivolaA46, 1961signed and dated versosandcast plaster relief16 1/4 x 28 1/2 x 1 5/8 inches
19 1/2 x 31 x 2 1/4 inches framed -
Costantino NivolaN64, c. 1984-87marble19 x 21 7/8 x 3 inches
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Costantino NivolaBronze #G, c. 1982bronze10 1/4 x 14 x 2 inchesbase: 1 3/4 inchesEd. 1/6(Edition record)
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Costantino NivolaP35, 1981signed back lower right, "Nivola 1911-81"unique bronze5 x 8 x 3/4 inches
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Costantino NivolaP67, 1982signed and dated versobronze8 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 1 1/8 inchesEd. 2/7(Edition record)
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Costantino NivolaDM239, 1982signed and dated verso "Nivola 82"terracotta5 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 1 3/4 inchesbase 4 x 5 5/8 x 2 3/4 inches
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Costantino NivolaDM230, 1982signed and dated verso "Nivola 82"terracotta7 1/4 x 4 x 3/4 inches