(American, 1912-2005). Stone. Depicts a young woman with a fawn. Signed on base. Constructed in three sections. 58″ high x 20″ wide x 16″ deep. At age three, DuPen attended the Panama Exhibition in San Francisco and became so entranced by the statues in a pavilion that he wandered off until his mother found him. He was kept bedridden in his childhood during which he began carving small figurative pieces with a jackknife. By age thirteen he was the subject of nationally syndicated articles praising his talents. He studied sculpture and architecture at USC, Harvard and the Yale School of Fine Art. He received a BFA from Yale in 1937. DuPen studied with George Eberhard who was a protege of August Rodin. He was a two-time winner of the Louis Comfort Tiffany award. He joined the University of Washington in 1945 where he rose to the height of full professor and ultimately chairman of the sculpture division, building it into a nationally recognized program. His public commissions are woven into the landscape of the Pacific Northwest: The Fountain of Creation at the Seattle Center, created for the ’62 World’s Fair; the Seagull-and-Salmon Fountain at the Washington State Library in Olympia; Carved walnut screens for Seattle City Hall; the bronze of Charles Odegaard at the University of Wisconsin; and ecclesiastical works in churches from Tacoma to Longview. He exhibited nationally from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design to a 1958 survey at Madison Square Garden alongside Milton Avery, Allice Neel and William Zorach. DuPen was elected a fellow of the National Sculpture society in 1963 and received a full nomination academician in 1979. Good condition consistent with being outside for many years. Shows some moss and discoloration.
