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An example of work by Sterett-Gittings Kelsey
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  Sterett-Gittings Kelsey was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1941, and was graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a B.F.A. in Sculpture in 1964. Kelsey works primarily in bronze with figures ranging from three inches to fourteen feet in height. In addition to American museums, her sculptures are part of the permanent collection of:
The Royal Porcelain Museum Copenhagen, Denmark
The Hakone Open-air Museum Tokyo, Japan
The Stamford Center for the Performing Arts Stamford, Connecticut
Westchester Capital Corporation Scarsdale, New York
The McDonalds Corporation California
Doral Corporation Ryebrook, New York
Pegasus Venture Capital New York City, New York
The Pepsi Cola Company Somers, New York
Georgetown University Intercultural Center Washington, D.C.
The Choate Rosemary Hall School Wallingford, Connecticut
The Garrison Forest School Garrison, Maryland
The McGhee Library Washington, D.C.
Silva Park Stockholm, Sweden
Montgomery Park Greenwich, Connecticut
The Schaffer Collection North Salem, New York
The Goergen Collection Greenwich, Connecticut
The Boston Ballet Boston, Massachusetts
Parsons and Whittemore International New York, New York
In 2001, Kelsey received a commission for "Attitude-Croisse," number 2 of 6, for Seward Johnson's Grounds for Sculpture summer exhibition in New Jersey. The work will be in that location for a year, June 2001 through June 2002. The remaining casts of that sculpture have been sold.
The Kelsey bronzes are handmade from start to finish. This transformation from the clay original into a bronze masterpiece is a long, exacting process. A new ceramic mold is made for each registered bronze. This handmade mold is used only once, and then destroyed. There are forty steps which each work passes through on the way to becoming a completed work of art. Each sculpture bears the name of the sculptor, date of origin, edition number and foundry mark. Only ingots of registered bronze are used in the creation of the Kelsey sculptures.
Richard Polich, the world's leading founder has worked hand in hand with Kelsey for more than twenty years, assuring the finest quality possible in cast foundry bronze. Located in Newburgh, New York, Polich Art Works follows the excellence of the classical traditions embraced by Donatello, DaVinci, Michelangelo, Rodin and of course Degas. It is here in the foundry where each Kelsey sculpture comes to life. . .a very long life!
The biography was provided to AskART by the artist who gave
permission to use information from her web site,
KelseySculpture.Artspan.com
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