Ibram Lassaw Untitled 1985 Signed Unique Gold Plated Bronze Pendant

Ibram Lassaw
Untitled (Pendant), 1985
Gold Plated Bronze over wire
Unique Pendant & wire to wear pendant 
2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1/2 inches
Incised 'Lassaw' on reverse

Provenance
Acquired directly from the Artist
Private Collection, New York,  Acquired from the above, c. 1986

Condition
Pristine Condition, accompanied with original wire created by the Artist

About
Ibram Lassaw was a well known Astract Expressionist Artist best known for creating abstract sculpture. Born in Russia in 1913, Ibram Lassaw's family immigrated to Brooklyn in 1921. Ibram Lassaw studied at the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Clay Club, and New York's Beaux Arts Institute of Design and City College. 

Ibram Lassaw learned his welding technique while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, which he applied heavily to his art. Lassaw was largely influenced by Contemporary Masters including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Julio Gonzàlez. He was represented by the legendary Kootz gallery in New York City with whom he began exhibiting in 1951. Lassaw passed away in East Hampton, New York in December, 2003.