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            • attributed to WILLIAM UMBREIT (American b. 1935) A NEO DADA FOUND OBJECT ASSEMBLAGE, "Equatorial Ecuador Shovel," CIRCA 1972,
              Feb. 12, 2022

              attributed to WILLIAM UMBREIT (American b. 1935) A NEO DADA FOUND OBJECT ASSEMBLAGE, "Equatorial Ecuador Shovel," CIRCA 1972,

              Est: $200 - $400

              attributed to WILLIAM UMBREIT (American b. 1935) A NEO DADA FOUND OBJECT ASSEMBLAGE, "Equatorial Ecuador Shovel," CIRCA 1972, paper, metal, wood and mixed media, the spade with a map of Guayaquil, Ecuador, the neck with the number "72,"  length: 89". Provenance: Art collection of the late Charles and Geri L. Hooks, owners of Houston’s oldest and most prestigious art gallery, Hooks-Epstein Galleries.

              Simpson Galleries, LLC
            • William Umbreit (American, b.1935) Sculpture
              Jul. 22, 2020

              William Umbreit (American, b.1935) Sculpture

              Est: $300 - $500

              William Umbreit (American, b.1935 "Toulouse Lautrec Spade," 1971. Wood and metal. Provenance: The Artist Allan Stone Gallery, New York. Exhibited: Purchase, NY, Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York at Purchase, Recent Sculptures byWilliam C. Umbreit, November 6 - December 12, 1976. Clinton, Hunterdon Art Center, Animal / Farm, July 6 - August 10, 1980 (exhibited with two others as "Group of Three Tools, 1971). New York, Allan Stone Projects, Sorcery & Craft, January 10 - February 18, 2017. Size: 65'' x 7.5'' x 3.25'' (165 x 19 x 8 cm). WILLIAM UMBREIT (b. 1935, East Orange, NJ) William Umbreit was born in East Orange, New Jersey, in 1935. After serving in the United States Army from 1954-56, he was honorably discharged in 1962. Umbreit received a BSA from New York University in 1967 and an MFA from Rutgers University in 1969. He taught at Cedar Valley College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the visual arts program at Princeton University, Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, and The Sloan School of Art in South Orange, New Jersey. Umbreit received a 1985 grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The artist's work has been featured in shows at the Hudson River Museum, Neuberger Museum, Newsweek Gallery and Allan Stone Gallery; and featured in Artspeak, Artforum and The New York Times. Umbreit lives and works in Hampton, New Jersey. William Umbreit's work is characterized by a craftsman's passion and a longing for simpler times. While his farm implements are categorized by traditional names-rakes, pitchforks, ladders, spades, shovels, hammers, blades, shears and mallets-their appearances are not true to their titles. In Umbreit's practice, an expertise in fine carpentry is used to create implements that twist, bulge, contort and pinch, to create otherworldly shapes that appear to defy the laws of gravity and our own preconceptions of form and meaning. Is a pitchfork still a pitchfork, when the handle curves and expands erratically and the steel prongs bend, choking the wood, so as to make it unusable? The artist began making these works in the 1970s, while looking at the shadows cast by functional tools on the walls of his studio. Like in Disney's Fantasia when brooms are brought to life to help the sorcerer's apprentice, Umbreit's sculptures seem to possess life as if caught in the act of "anthropo-morphising." The most obvious precedent is the art of HC Westermann, who channeled his mastery of woodworking and cabinetry into intricate subversions of classical crafts. Manifestations of his interests in ecology and archeology, Umbreit's tools are a homage to the unpredictability of the natural world and a false belief that we hold absolute control over our surroundings

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            • WILLIAM UMBREIT - MALLET (CORKSCREW)
              May. 28, 2020

              WILLIAM UMBREIT - MALLET (CORKSCREW)

              Est: $500 - $800

              Lot 68 William Umbreit American (b. 1935) Mallet (Corkscrew) (1979) metal and wood 40 1/2 x 5 x 9 1/4 inches Provenance: from the collection of Allan Stone Gallery

              Capsule Gallery Auction
            • William Umbreit - Foot Adz
              Mar. 31, 2020

              William Umbreit - Foot Adz

              Est: $800 - $1,200

              Lot 92 William Umbreit American (b. 1935) Foot Adz (1979 ) metal and wood initialed on metal 32 x 9 1/2 x 9 inches Provenance: from the collection of Allan Stone Gallery

              Capsule Gallery Auction
            • William Umbreit - Mallet (Corkscrew)
              Mar. 31, 2020

              William Umbreit - Mallet (Corkscrew)

              Est: $800 - $1,200

              Lot 91 William Umbreit American (b. 1935) Mallet (Corkscrew) (1979) metal and wood 40 1/2 x 5 x 9 1/4 inches Provenance: from the collection of Allan Stone Gallery

              Capsule Gallery Auction
            • William UMBREIT: Pencil Pitchfork - 1970s
              Dec. 07, 2019

              William UMBREIT: Pencil Pitchfork - 1970s

              Est: $800 - $1,200

              Wood and metal pencil pitchfork, circa 1970s, by William Umbreit. [66 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 4 inches].

              Roland Auctions NY
            • William UMBREIT: Large Spade - 1976
              Dec. 07, 2019

              William UMBREIT: Large Spade - 1976

              Est: $800 - $1,200

              Wood and steel spade, by William Umbreit, dated 1976. [67 1/4 x 7 3/8 x 4 inches].

              Roland Auctions NY
            • William Umbreit, Pitchfork
              Oct. 17, 2019

              William Umbreit, Pitchfork

              Est: $600 - $800

              William Umbreit Pitchfork 1970 wood and metal 69 h × 6 w × 11 d in (175 × 15 × 28 cm) Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist | Allan Stone Gallery, New York Exhibited: Recent Sculptures by William C. Umbreit, 6 November - 12 December 1976, Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase | Animal / Farm, 6 July - 10 August 1980, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ | Sorcery & Craft, 10 January - 18 February 2017, Allan Stone Projects, New York condition: Good condition with some white pigment to handle and verso of one prong.

              Wright
            • William Umbreit, Shovel
              Jul. 18, 2019

              William Umbreit, Shovel

              Est: $1,000 - $1,500

              William Umbreit Shovel c. 1975 oak, steel 59 h × 8.75 w × 8.25 d in (150 × 22 × 21 cm) Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist | Allan Stone Gallery, New York Exhibited: Recent Sculptures by William C. Umbreit, 6 November - 12 December 1976, Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York, Purchase Animal/Farm, 6 July - 10 August 1980, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ condition: Tip of handle shows few small areas of white abrasions. Minor oxidation to steel element in keeping with age. Fine condition.

              Wright
            • William Umbreit (b. 1935): Pitchfork
              Jun. 07, 2019

              William Umbreit (b. 1935): Pitchfork

              Est: $150 - $250

              Carved wood and metal sculpture, unmarked.72 x 7 x 6 in.

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