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                         Louis Schanker
                         Sculpture
 

                                                                       Louis Schanker is one of those blessed craftsmen 
                                                                       who can lose  himself in his materials as in a vice.
                                                                                                                   Harold Rosenberg
                                                                                                                         author, art critic
             
                                                                                     

                                        
 
                                                                    

                                                Face        
                                                    wood, c1936, 18in            

Static
wood, c1936, 18in

Dove
wood, c1936, 20in

                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                       
                                                                                                        Owl 
                                                                                        wood, 1937, 31/5 x 8 x 8in, 
                                                                                       Smithsonian Museum of Art

wood, c1940, 38in

Revolving Figure
wood, c1940, 38in

                                       Black Birch, 
                                   wood, 1963, 28in

                                      

                                  Variation on a Theme, 
                                wood,1966, 9ft 7in x 13.5in x 5in

   
 

 

Cleopatra's Needle
 wood, 1963, 63in

 
 

 

Four Balls, 
Wood, 1966,  32 X 5.5in, on post

 

 

 

Oval With 3 Balls
 bronze, c1966,  26.5 by 18.25in

 

 

 

#22, bronze, 1966, 24in

 #23, bronze,1966, 15.25in

 

 

                                                                                          

                                                                                            Black and White
                                                                                    wood, 1964, 25 x 12 x 11in,
                                                                                   Smithsonian Museum of Art

 

 

                                                                           
                           Dorsky Gallery, New York, 1966 Show  

 

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