John Cavanaugh (American, 1921 to 1985)
John Cavanaugh was a sculptor of extraordinary talent whose early career was wrought with poverty and emotional hardship. His experience with hammered lead was conceived at the New York Sculpture Center in Brooklyn when he cleaned the facility and fired kilns in exchanged for free studio time. Through this technique, Cavanaugh produced an enormous array of hammered lead sculptures, many life sized, and was featured in numerous solo-exhibitions around the Midwest and in Washington D.C.
Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc., February 2009.