Bidspirit auction | Ed Mell ”Sidestepper” Bronze Sculpture

Ed Mell ”Sidestepper” Bronze Sculpture - Ed Mell (American, 1942-2024). Bronze sculpture titled ”Sidestepper” depicting a cowboy and horse. Incised signature and editioned 13/30 along the lower edge. With an appraisal from Owings Gallery. Provenance: The artist; Owings Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Private Minnesota Collection. Lot Essay: Born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1942, Edmund ”Ed” Mell graduated from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles in 1967. In 1968 he went to New York to work as an art director for a prominent advertising agency. The following year he opened up his own illustration studio in Manhattan serving some of the area's top editorial and advertising clients. However, an invitation to teach a summer art class on the Hopi Reservation would change his life. The contrast between the open mesas and the crowded streets of New York would have a strong influence on Mell, who would begin to feel a pull to return to the state of his birth. He returned to Arizona in 1973 and began to develop his unique artistic approach to painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. He would earn critical acclaim for his modernist approach to Western subject matter including his landscapes and cowboys. His works are included in many private and corporate collections including the Forbes Collection, Tri-Star Pictures, City of Scottsdale, Kartchner Caverns State Park, Diane Keaton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Babbitt. Height: 15 in x width: 11 in x depth: 10 in. Weight: 50 lbs. Condition: Please email us at condition@revereauctions.com for a condition report or additional photos.