Up for bids is a spectacular glowing enamel plate by listed artist KAY WHITCOMB - from her word series

-Acquired at an estate in Kensington in San Diego many years ago-

8” diameter

Enamel on copper

Brilliant glowing colors & composition

Signed & Dated by Kay Whitcomb

Exquisite condition - no issues of any sort

Reads…

“With This Love I Have Power To Fly”

With the words in the arms of the magical wild eagle

Kay Whitcomb’s interest in combining text with visual imagery is a central element of many of the works the artist created over her long and productive career. This piece is a bold example of such work.

A One Of A Kind Work from one of the giants of the 20th century Enamel Artists

Whitcomb's works are held in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Mingei International Museum, San Diego.

Very carefully double boxed & shipped via priority mail insured

Kay Whitcomb

1921-2015

Enamelist Kay Whitcomb achieved national recognition and accolades for her work during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Her work often featured fanciful figurative elements, strong geometric structure and words, phrases and quotations.

Whitcomb was born in 1921 in Arlington, Massachusetts, to a long line of New England metalsmiths, the Carr family. In a way, it was almost preordained that her life would be devoted to the crafts. While she hoped to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, financial conditions prevented it. With financial assistance from relatives and friends, she began her art studies at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1939. Whitcomb recalls that in her third year, in 1941, she took an enameling class. Her instructor taught the cloisonné technique. Ruth Raemisch also used the same facilities, working on her enamels while regular courses were offered. Whitcomb recalls being intrigued by Raemisch’s techniques and wanting to emulate the distinguished German-born artist, whose style was based on the Limoges school of enamel painting. She completed her course work at RISD in 1942 while taking additional classes at the Cambridge School of Art.