Chaim Gross, Perl Combing Her Hair (c.1941)

Description This sculpture by Chaim Gross was completed around 1940 or 1941, at the time when he was gaining serious critical acclaim both in the United States and abroad. This piece is very representative of his work of the period and resembles his sculpture of Lillian Leitzel that is in the collection of the Met. She is a beauty and one we will be lucky to find again. Details Chaim Gross (Ukrainian/American, 1904-1991) Perl Combing Her Hair (c. 1941) Direct wood carving Signed on base 15" tall About the Artist Chaim Gross was one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century. Along with other noted sculptors William Zorach and Jose de Creeft, Gross was primarily a practitioner of the direct carving method, and a majority of his work was carved from wood.  Born in the Ukraine in 1904, Gross studied at the art academy in Budapest under the painter Béla Uitz, followed by art studies at the Kuntsgewerbeschule in Vienna. He immigrated to the United States with two of hi