Judith Brown
Untitled (Burning Bush), c. 1980
Unique brass sculpture with paper inserted into black plexiglass base
5 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
plexiglass base: 1 x 2 x 2 inches
Stamped signed "JB" verso
Condition: Excellent
Judith Brown 12/17/31 - 5/11/92 was a 20th century sculptor and artisan who created contemporary sculpture and wearable statement jewelry in silver and brass. Judith Brown was drawn to images of the body in motion and its effect on the cloth surrounding it. Judith Brown worked in a range of media and at one point welded crushed automobile scrap metal into energetic moving torsos, horses and flying draperies.
One of the things that made Judith Brown stand out as an artist was her ability to work in many different mediums. Some of this was by choice, and sometimes it was by necessity. Her surroundings often dictated what medium she could work with at any given time. After all, you can't bring your welding equipment to Rome, Italy!
Judith Brown attended Sarah Lawrence College of New York where she learned welding from her teacher, Theodore Roszak, a pioneering abstract expressionist sculptor.
Selected Commissions:
• Mural Sculpture, Lobby, Louisville Radio Station WAVE
• Fountain, commissioned by Architectural Interiors, New York City
• Model, designed and executed for Festival of 'Into Worlds, Spoleto, Italy
• Sculpture, designed for Electra Film Productions, NYC
• Noah's Ark, exhibited Bronx Zoo, NYC, at Rochester Museum, Science Center, Rochester, NY & Hopkins Center, Hanover, New Hampshire
• Tiffany & Co. store windows, NY: Christmas 1957,1959, 1962, October 1969, Spring 1979 & October 1980
• Wall Sculptures, Youngstown Research Center, 1963-4, commissioned by Youngstown Steel Company, Youngstown, Ohio; for Hecht & Co. Co.
• Eternal Lights: for Congregation Beth-El, South Orange, NY; for Congregation Sharey Thfilo, East Orange, NJ
• Menorahs: commission Architect Fritz Nathan for Permanent Collection of Jewish Museum, NYC
• Altar Cross, commissioned by Smith College for the Helen Hill Chapel, Northampton, MA
• Landscape, Memorial Piece for Gustave Heller, YM-YWCA, Essex County, NJ
• Memorial Plaque for Robert A. Ferguson, Westchester County Airport, Purchase, NY
• Sculpture for Vice President's office, Atlantic Richfield Company, NYC
• Bronze Relief Sculpture for Gymnasium Lobby, South Richmond High School, Staten Island, NY, Daniel Schwartzman, Architect
• Poster, Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, Vermont
• Medallion, commissioned by Brandeis University National Women's Committee, NYC
• Model for Fountain for the Plaza at Windsor, Vermont
• Bronze Sculpture, commissioned by Intramural, Inc. for Building Lobby, N/E Cor. 79th Street & Second Avenue, NYC
• Presentation Piece, commissioned by Graphic Arts Associates of Delaware Valley, Philadelphia, PA
• Wall Mural, Noah's Ark, Roosevelt Hospital, NYC
• 1977: Designed & executed Hanes Hosiery "Million Dollar Award"; Designed & executed "Old Spice" Smart Ship Award
• 1978: Commissioned to design and execute the "Walter White Award" for the NAACP for presentation to Hubert Humphrey; Commissioned to design & execute Award for the Honorees of National Board YWCA's First Tribute to Women in International Industry
• 1979: Designed & executed Jewelry, The Museum of Modern Art, NY
• Designed & executed limited edition of Mezuzas for Brandeis University-National Women's Committee, NYC
• 1979 Designed and executed limited edition of Mezuzas for Brandeis University-National Women's Committee, NYC
• 1980: Bronze Cross (6 x 3 foot! commissioned for St. James Episcopal Church, Woodstock, VT
• 1982: Eubie Award, New York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
• 1985: Two Sculptures, Marriott Hotel, Orlando, Florida
• 1986: Two large Sculptures for indoor reflecting pools, Palm Desert Hotel, Palm Springs, California; John Portman, Eight Sculptures for Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia; John Portman, Beach House, Sea Island, Georgia
• 1987: Loan Installation, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
• 1988: Eleven foot outdoor Sculpture for Front Plaza, River Court, Charles River, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, H. J. Davis Development Corp.; Tomie dePaola, Outdoor Sculpture of Bird, New London, New Hampshire
• 1989: Room Screen, 51/2 feet, Rita Moreno, Los Angeles, California; Martha Graham Award for presentation to her in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1990: Fireplace Screen, Sharon Mills, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Selected Exhibitions:
• 1957: "The Patron Church", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York
• 1958: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; The Jewish Museum, NYC
• 1959: Detroit Institute of Arts; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA
• 1962: National Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC
• 1963: Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Newport Art Association, Newport, Rhode Island
• 1964: "West Side Artists", Riverside Museum, NYC; "The Crafts and Worship", Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
• 1966: "Recent Acquisitions", The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Byron Gallery, NYC
• 1967: Byron Gallery, NYC; Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont; University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
• 1968: New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut; "Exhibit of Encaustic Drawings", Kanegis Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
• 1969: Graham Gallery, NYC
• 1970: "Birds and Beasts", Graham Gallery, NYC
• 1971: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• 1972: Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts; SUNY, Plattsburgh, New York
• 1973: Fairleigh Dickinson University, William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Sculpture in Tiffany & Co. Windows, NYC
• 1974: DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Library Art Center, Newport, New Hampshire
• 1975: "New England Women", DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; "Animal Sculpture", The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut; "From Vermont: Past to Present", Gallery 641, Washington, D.C.; Art Association of Newport, Rhode Island; BrattleboroMuseum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont
• 1976: The 41st International Eucharistic Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire
• 1977: Group Show sponsored by Artists Equity, Union Carbide Building, New York City; Institute for the Arts of the Archdiocese of Washington, Gallery Kormendy, Alexandria, Virginia; Contemporary Arts Gallery, Loeb Student Center, New York University, NYC
• 1979: "Judaica II" sponsored by the YM-YWHA of Metropolitan New Jersey, West Orange, New Jersey; Special Exhibition of Sculpture, Tiffany and Company, NYC; The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, Vermont; Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT; Visual Artists'Coalition, Connecticut College for Women
• 1980: One man shows: New York University, Contemporary Arts Gallery, Washington Square, New York City; St. Gaudens Museum, Cornish, New Hampshire; Tiffany and Company Windows' NYC; Group Show: "The Figure", sponsored by Pratt Institute
• 1983: One Man Shows: Howard Monroe Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Alwin Gallery, London, England; Group shows: "Regional Selections", Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
• 1983/5: Participant in Outdoor Sculpture Installation at Rose Hill Campus, Fordham University, NYC
• 1984: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont
• 1985: DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (Best in Show Award)
• 1986: The Women's Museum, Washington, D.C. (Sculpture acquired for permanent collection)
• 1987: Tiffany's Windows, Tiffany and Co., NYC
• 1988: One Man Show: Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont
• 1989: One man show: National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, New York; Group Show: 4th International Contemporary Art Fair, London, England; Tiffany's Windows, Tiffany and Co., NYC
• 1990: National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Permanent collections:
• Pepsi Company, Pepsi Co. Sculpture Gardens, Purchase, New York
• Cabot Foundations, Boston, Massachusetts
• Verlaime Foundations, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Marriott Corporation, Orlando, Florida
• Marriott Corporation, Palm Desert Hotel, Palm Springs, California
• Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
• Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana
• Riverside Museum, New York City
• The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
• Cuernavaca Cathedral, Cuernavaca, Mexico
• Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
• Bundy Art Gallery, Waitsfield, Vermont
• Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
• Museum of Modern Art, New York City
• Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont (purchased "Don Quixote" for their permanent collection)
• The Widener College Museum of Art, Chester, Pennsylvania (received "Mountain and Steeples" for their permanent collection as a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin)
• Gallery Kormendy, Alexandria, Virginia
• Jewish Museum, New York City
• DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts (sculpture)
• Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York (sculpture)
• National Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts (2 ink and watercolor drawings)
• National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, New York (large Athena)
Awards:
• 1958: Honorable Mention, Gold Medal Competition, Architectural League of New York City, NY
• 1959: Frank J. Lewis Award at Tenth Annual Christocentric Arts Festival, Newman Foundation, University of Illinois
• 1964: Sculpture Award at Silvermine Guild of Artists' 5th New England Exhibition
• 1967: Silvermine Guild of Artists' Finch Award for Sculpture at 18th Annual New England Competition
• 1970: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation on Award, New York City, NY
• 1974: Honorable Mention, Friends of Hopkins Center Exhibit, Hanover, NH
• 1976: Award for Creative Work in Art: The National Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, NY; Best in Show Award: "Vermont Artists '76", Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT; Sculpture Award: Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Hartford, CT; Best in Show Award: Sanger National Jewelry and Small Sculpture Exhibit, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
• 1986: Best in Show Award: Hopkins Center, Hanover, NH Source
