William Zorach

(American, 1887–1966)

William Zorach was a Lithuanian-born American artist known for his landscape paintings and sculptures of nudes and animals. His watercolor landscapes are reminiscent of both John Marin and Marsden Hartley, while his sculptures present a totemic mysticism akin to the work of Henry Moore. Born Zorach Samovich on February 28, 1889 in Jubarkas, Lithuania, his family emigrated to the United States, settling in Cleveland, OH in 1891 where they changed their name to Finkelstein. Zorach was notably one of earliest American artists to advocate for and embrace Cubism. In the 1920s, he gave up painting and turned to sculpture exclusively. "The actual resistance of tough material is a wonderful guide," Zorach said. The sculptor "cannot make changes easily, there is no putting back tomorrow what was cut away today. His senses are constantly alert. If something goes wrong there is the struggle to right the rhythm. And slowly the vision grows as the work progresses." The artist’s works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Zorach died on November 15, 1966 in Bath, ME.

William Zorach Artworks

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Provincetown, 1916

William Zorach

Provincetown, 1916

Sale Date: June 7, 2007

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Untitled (Lovers in a field), 1914

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Untitled (Lovers in a field), 1914

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Father and son, 1918

William Zorach

Father and son, 1918

Sale Date: May 20, 2007

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New horizons, 1951

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New horizons, 1951

Sale Date: May 24, 2007

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Sunrise, 1916

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Sunrise, 1916

Sale Date: May 2, 2007

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A head

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Sale Date: March 7, 2007

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A view of Tucson, Arizona, 1964

William Zorach

A view of Tucson, Arizona, 1964

Sale Date: March 8, 2007

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Maquette for new horizons

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Maquette for new horizons

Sale Date: March 9, 2007

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Prayer figure, 1950

William Zorach

Prayer figure, 1950

Sale Date: March 9, 2007

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Coastal scene, 1946

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Coastal scene, 1946

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Ethereality (Expanding universe)

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Ethereality (Expanding universe)

Sale Date: December 12, 2006

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View of a farm, 1914

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View of a farm, 1914

Sale Date: November 28, 2006

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Mermaid, 1960

William Zorach

Mermaid, 1960

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Tooky, 1917

William Zorach

Sale Date: March 10, 2005

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Large standing nude with hand on knee (+ 2..., 1945

William Zorach

Large standing nude with hand on knee (+ 2..., 1945

Sale Date: September 14, 2006

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Study for a stone carving of a cat (+ 2 others;...

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Study for a stone carving of a cat (+ 2 others;...

Sale Date: September 14, 2006

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Profile of a head (+ 2 others; 3 works, various...

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Head of Chloe no. 4, 1940

William Zorach

Head of Chloe no. 4, 1940

Sale Date: September 14, 2006

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Mother and child, 1926

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Mother and child, 1926

Sale Date: September 14, 2006

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Standing child, Dahlov, innocence, 1930

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Standing child, Dahlov, innocence, 1930

Sale Date: September 12, 2006

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Child drinking, 1932

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Child drinking, 1932

Sale Date: September 12, 2006

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Innocence: A portrait of the artist's daughter, 1920

William Zorach

Innocence: A portrait of the artist's daughter, 1920

Sale Date: August 4, 2006

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Picnicking on Popham Beach

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Picnicking on Popham Beach

Sale Date: August 4, 2006

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Portrait of Mimi Laurent, 1927

William Zorach

Portrait of Mimi Laurent, 1927

Sale Date: August 4, 2006

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