Description

This is a large and bold sculpture carved from Virginia soapstone by Virginia sculptor David Breeden.  This piece can make quite an impact on a coffee table or in an entryway.  The work pivots on its stone base, and if you turn it the right way, it almost looks like a heart in the center.  We wonder if this was intentional.

Details

• C. David Breeden (American, 1938-2006)
• Untitled (1997)
• Freeform Virginia soapstone carving attached to a soapstone base
  
• Signed and dated on underside
• 14 1/8" x 14" x 12 1/2" 
• Condition: Minimal signs of wear.  Grooves around pin where sculpture attaches to base from turning sculpture, as designed.

About the Artist

American sculptor Conway David Breeden was born in 1938 in Virginia and attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He spent two years traveling in Brazil and Botswana while working as a National Geographic photographer.   He settled in Charlottesville in 1974 and became a beloved and well-known figure in the local arts scene, living and working from his studio, Biscuit Run Farm, with his wife and children.  In 1988 The Washington Post featured an article on his sculpture and his family’s then fourteen-year old tradition of hosting weekly Wednesday night potluck dinners for all who cared to join.  His media ranged from native Virginia soapstone, stained glass, metal, and concrete to esoteric media collected at auctions and in scrapyards and show the influence of his time spent in Botswana. He was a prolific sculptor and his work is in many private collections.  In addition, his monumental works mark the entrance to courthouses in Roanoke and Charlottesville, Virginia, adorn the campuses of national universities such as Penn State at York and the University of Virginia, and dot the cityscapes of Pittsburgh, Negril, (Jamaica) and St. John's (Antigua).  David Breeden passed away in 2006.