Isabel Case Borgatta Mid-Century Figural Fabric Sculpture

Stunning fabric wall sculpture by Isabel Case Borgatta . Comes with photo postcard of artist with the piece from gallery show at Elaine Benson Gallery in the Hamptons. Will make an amazing statement on a wall. Feels like it is floating & makes great shadows. Isabel Case Borgatta was a noted sculptor who lived at the Westbeth Artists Community in New York City. She received a BFA as one of Yale's first female students of sculpture. She honed her hand-carving skills in Jose de Creeft's studio. She experienced early critical acclaim, featured in a showcase of women artists at the Whitney, a group show at the Metropolitan, and she won the D'Orsay prize in 1952. Her work is in the collections of the: Yale University Art Gallery, Hudson River Museum, Tang Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Smith College Museum of Art, Brookgreen Gardens, Hartford Athenaeum, Norfolk Museum, Yeshiva University, Krannert Museum, University of Illinois, Benton Museum, University of Connecticut, College of New Rochelle, City University of New York Graduate Center, Oklahoma Art Center, Verizon, Grand Hyatt Hotel (NYC), Zolfital SPA, (Rome, Italy). less