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b. 1925 - d. 1981

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  • William Tarr, Maquette for Gates of the Six Million
    Jul. 11, 2024

    William Tarr, Maquette for Gates of the Six Million

    Est: $600 - $800

    William Tarr Maquette for Gates of the Six Million c. 1970 bronze 11.5 h x 4 w x 1.75 d in (29 x 10 x 4 cm) This work is a scale model of one door of the Gates of the Six Million also known as the Gates of Hell at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC. This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

    Wright
  • Bill Tarr 1925-2006 Modernist Bronze Gun Sculpture
    Aug. 30, 2023

    Bill Tarr 1925-2006 Modernist Bronze Gun Sculpture

    Est: $100 - $1,000

    William (Bill) Tarr (American, 1925-2006). A bronze, or possibly iron, art sculpture. An abstract work produced in an exaggerated Modernist style depicting an antique pistol, with scrolling forms handles decorated with raised relief scrolling forms. Artist incised signature to gun barrel TARR. Dimensions: 7 X 11.5 X 2.25 in. Condition: Good overall condition having mild age related surface wear with evidence of patina and verdigris. Estate fresh to the market. Shipping: Hill Auction Gallery offers in-house ground contiguous USA domestic shipping, excluding New Mexico, for $55 plus insurance. Gallery will refer third party shippers for international buyers. Purchaser pick up available upon request.

    Hill Auction Gallery
  • Tarr, MCM Brutalist Sculpture
    Aug. 22, 2023

    Tarr, MCM Brutalist Sculpture

    Est: $50 - $5,000

    William Tarr (Am. 1925-2006). Signed and illegibly numbered. 6 1/4" high, 6 1/2" wide, 6 1/2" deep.

    Schwenke Auctioneers
  • William Tarr, Maquette for Gates of the Six Million
    Oct. 13, 2022

    William Tarr, Maquette for Gates of the Six Million

    Est: $1,500 - $2,000

    William Tarr Maquette for Gates of the Six Million c. 1970 bronze 11.5 h × 4 w × 1.75 d in (29 × 10 × 4 cm) This work is a scale model of one door of the Gates of the Six Million also known as the Gates of Hell at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.. This work will ship from Wright in Chicago, Illinois.

    Wright
  • William Tarr (American, 1925-2006), Untitled, 1963, aluminum, 86 x 20 x 15in (218.5 x 51 x 38cm)
    May. 18, 2022

    William Tarr (American, 1925-2006), Untitled, 1963, aluminum, 86 x 20 x 15in (218.5 x 51 x 38cm)

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    William Tarr (American, 1925-2006) Untitled, 1963 aluminum

    Andrew Jones Auctions
  • BILL (WILLIAM) TARR MARBLE TOP COFFEE TABLE
    Jun. 25, 2017

    BILL (WILLIAM) TARR MARBLE TOP COFFEE TABLE

    Est: $400 - $600

    BILL (WILLIAM) TARR MARBLE TOP COFFEE TABLE: Taken directly from noted Brutalist artist Bill Tarr's Florida house, white painted fluted wood base with variegated white marble top. Overall measures 14 1/2'' h. x 36''.

    Burchard Galleries Inc
  • Large Abstract Expressionist Bronze Sculpture, Signed
    Nov. 22, 2015

    Large Abstract Expressionist Bronze Sculpture, Signed

    Est: $500 - $750

    Bronze sculpture acquired from the estate of the late sculptor William “Bill” Tarr (New York City/Sarasota, 1925-1981). Although the stacked plywood base is typical of those Mr. Tarr used on his own smaller sculptures (usually maquettes for the massive public pieces for which he is known), we are certain this is not his work. The artist cypher on the piece is not his, and the abstract expressionist style is totally different from Mr. Tarr’s heavy, brutalist work. Given the fact that he socialized with an older group of artists in New York and later East Hampton – notably Ibram Lassaw and Willem De Kooning, we believe this work was likely given to, or acquired by, Mr. Tarr from one of that group. Provenance: Estate of William Tarr | Private Collection, Sarasota, Florida.

    Palm Beach Modern Auctions
  • William Tarr Bronze Brutalist Sculpture, 12" Cube
    Aug. 08, 2015

    William Tarr Bronze Brutalist Sculpture, 12" Cube

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    Bill Tarr (American (New York/ Florida), 1925-2006) "Pebbled Cube" - c.1960s, cast and welded bronze, signed lower left of one side "W. Tarr". A very heavy and highly textured Brutalist cube form sculpture composed of small bronze sheets of varying size cast with textured dots to surface in rows, the sheets welded together in a patchwork form to all six sides of cube with some overlapping and some leaving gaps, the whole with scattered traces of red and green patination and oxidation. Approximately 12" square. Museum and corporate collections: The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. Museum exhibitions: The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1962, 1968. Permanent installations: "Gates of the Six Million" (aka "Gates of Hell") - 1993, The Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.; Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial - 1973, New York; "The Spirit of Sarasota", Sarasota County Administration Center, Florida; Steel Door Sculpture, 102 Greene Street, New York; Untitled Cor-Ten steel sculpture - 1972, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Community Care Center, East 142nd Street, New York City.

    Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
  • BILL TARR TERRACOTTA MOTHER & CHILD SCULPTURE
    May. 19, 2013

    BILL TARR TERRACOTTA MOTHER & CHILD SCULPTURE

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    TARR, Bill, (American, 1925-2006): Mother & Child, Glazed Terracotta, 53" h., incised signature, affixed to veneered wooden plinth, 65" h.

    Burchard Galleries Inc
  • Bill Tarr Bronze Maquette
    Apr. 30, 2011

    Bill Tarr Bronze Maquette

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Scale model by William "Bill" Tarr (1925-2006, New York, Sarasota) of one door of the massive "Gates of of the Six Million" (a.k.a. "Gates of Hell") at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. The Whitney Museum in New York was the first to exhibit Mr. Tarr's work in 1962 where the Ford Foundation purchased the exhibited piece for the Art Institute of Chicago. The Whitney bought another of his sculptures - which the NYTimes art critic called the centerpiece of the show - for its own permanent collection. Tarr was primarily known for his public works, including the Martin Luther King Memorial in NYC. Provenance: Estate of the artist.

    Palm Beach Modern Auctions
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