MOISSAYE MARANS attributions —MID C MODERN SANDSTONE SCULPTURE 18” x15 x8 WOMAN CHILD WPA

The last 3 photos I posted are of MARANS work at the Smithsonian

I purchased this wonderful sculpture from a western mass estate, the collection consisted of several pieces of paintings and sculptures , I have an ancient Buddhist carving also listed from the sale, it was said this was done by Moissaye Marans but I do not have documents yet.

Moissaye Marans

Born

Kishinev, Romania

Died

New York, New York

born Kishinev, Romania 1902-died New York City 1977

Nationalities

American

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Born in Russia, moved to the United States, lived in New York City. He worked as a WPA artist and won several prizes for his paintings .

Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)

Moissaye Marans grew up in Kishinev, Romania. As a child, he traveled around Europe with his father, a railroad worker, and learned several languages. He started carving in scrap pieces of slate at the age of eleven, making his own tools from the steel parts of old mechanical instruments. Following his father’s advice, he studied chemical engineering at the University of Jassy and the Technological Institute of Bucharest. He was more interested in sculpture, however, and in 1924 immigrated to America to study art. Marans created many sculptures that celebrated peace and brotherhood, including the statue Swords into Plowshares of Isaiah breaking the sword of war, which was adopted as an emblem by the Atomic Energy Commission.