The Penetrating Gaze: Elise Siegel Sculpture + Important 20th Century Drawings

Elise Siegel is a sculptor best known for her psychologically charged figurative ceramic works. Since 2010, Siegel has been creating an ongoing series of abstracted portrait busts that explore the abstract edges of figurative representation.

Ylise Kessler Fine Art + Advisory assisted in building the collection of drawings in the exhibition in New York, beginning in 1989.

The drawings and Siegel’s sculpture share an impression of days gone by. They intimate classicism, romanticism, and reference their place in history.

The notable artists whose original drawings are shown include: Milton Avery, Romare Bearden, Oscar Bluemner, Jean Cocteau, Andre´ Derain, Raoul Dufy, Wolf Kahn, Francis Picabia, Jean-E´douard Vuillard, among others. All of the works in the exhibition will be offered for sale.