Joe Brown (1900-1985)
Lot 48 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK COLLECTOR

Joe Brown (1900-1985)

Boxers

Closed27 February 2013

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USD 10,625

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Joe Brown (1900-1985)
Boxers
inscribed 'Brown/1930' (on the base)--inscribed '177 Soonsa Foundry' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high

Sale: Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jersey, 10 September 2011, lot 1008.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

Joe Brown's life was ruled by two passions--sculpture and boxing. He was fortunate to have been able to spend his life immersed in both. From 1937 to 1962, he coached boxing at Princeton University and was instrumental in regulating college boxing as a competitive sport. Like his teacher, R. Tait McKenzie, Brown chose athletes as the subject of most of his sculpture, focusing on the anatomy of the body in action.