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Shell Boy - 1933 - Bronze

Shell Boy - 1933 - Bronze

$20,000.00Price
Shell Boy by Avard T. Fairbanks

The Shell Boy statue was modeled from life using a pre-adolescent male youth as the model.  He is holding a large shell which, when cast in bronze, becomes the centerpiece of a working fountain.  Properly plumbed, it will provide rivulets of water flowing from each undulation of the shell.  It was created in 1933. 

Multiple castings were made during the sculptor’s lifetime, one of which is in the Brookgreen Gardens, national sculpture gardens.  The Shell Boy won the Gold Medal at the North American Flower Show in Detroit, Michigan, in 1936. 

A postmortem life-size casting can be made available for purchase.

  • Dimensions

    58.5" H | 24" W | 22" D

  • Artwork Medium

    • All reproduced sculptured works of Avard T. Fairbanks are postmortem. 
    • The mediums are Bronze, cast Stone, Marble, or Resin.  Produced from the sculptor’s original model, each bronze casting is professionally produced and followed throughout the casting process by one of Avard T. Fairbanks’ original assistants (his son). 
    • This includes retouching the wax, chasing the bronze, and selecting the patina to ensure that each piece is of museum collectable quality.

  • Historical Website External Source

    Shell Boy at Brookgreen Gardens

    https://picryl.com/media/avard-tennyson-fairbankss-1933-shell-boy-sculpture-at-brookgreen-gardens-a-29e25c

New Dedham Art

Salt Lake City, UT
801-268-8839
sales@newdedhamart.com

FINANCIAL POLICY:  New Dedham Art

 

Accurate reproductions of original sculptures by Avard T. Fairbanks, Ph.D., sculptor, are made available through New Dedham Art.  All rights to the artwork offered are held by Grant R. Fairbanks, M.D., founder of New Dedham Art.  Although there are some artworks immediately available, most will have to undergo the reproduction process which can take time – more for sculpture, less in the case of paintings.

 

PAYMENT:

  1. One-half down/deposit required upon ordering an example of genuine artwork.
    The remaining balance is due upon delivery of the completed work.

  2. Method of Payments:

    • Cashier’s Check

    • Cash

    • Venmo 

Credit Cards are not currently acceptable form of payment for artworks.

  • If one does not have sufficient money available, but still desires to purchase an artwork, one can take out a loan from their bank or credit union.

 

TIMELINE To PRODUCE ARTWORKS:

  1. Painting Reproduction (Giclee - Color Copy on Canvas) - Two Weeks Required, sometimes less time

  2. Sculpture Reproduction in Bronze – 6 Months Required, sometimes less/more

  3. Sculpture Reproduction in Cast Stone – 2 Months Required 

  4. Sculpture Reproduction in carved Carrara Marble in Italy – One Year minimum required, sometimes more time required.

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