Lying Lady is in the Baker Museum collection in Naples, Florida

On 2/10/17 9:29 AM, sperea@artisnaples.org wrote:



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Hello!
My name is Silvia Perea. I am an architect, Ph. D, and the curatorial research associate of The Baker Museum, in Naples, Florida. We have a piece by you in our collection and I'd like to complete your biographical information. Could you please tell me your country of origin and date of birth?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Silvia Perea

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Greetings Silvia,
    It is always nice be in another museum's collection.
    Can you send me a picture of the piece and some information about how it ended up in your collection?
    It has been a busy year form me installing two large bronze sculptures in public spaces on Manhattan and on Martha's Vineyard.
Here is a link to a nice article in the Martha's Vineyard Times about the VIA57 Swinging Jenny: http://www.mvtimes.com/2017/02/07/local-sculpture-swings-way-new-york-city/

  Here are links about installing the Swordfish Harpooner in Menemsha on Martha's Vineyard:

https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2017/02/02/swordfish-harpooner-returns-menemsha
https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2017/01/04/swordfish-harpooner-ready-return-stronger-ever


    I will get back to you soon with the info you have requested.

Best Regards and thanks,
Jay
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On 2/10/17 10:11 AM, Silvia Perea wrote:

Hi Jay,

Thanks for your prompt response and for sending the info on your current work. Congratulations on the installation of the Swordifsh Harpooner! It’s a very powerful piece.

The sculpture we have in our collection is Lying Woman (1991). Olga Hirshhorn donated this work to the museum in 2013.

At your earliest convenience, could you please send us your date of birth and country of origin?

With appreciation,

Silvia

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Greetings Silvia,
    That's wonderful.  Olga was one of my earliest supporters.  If I am thinking of the right piece, that "Lying Lady", as I call it was the first piece I ever sold out of a gallery.  I got to know Olga and we had coffee at her house in Vineyard Haven.  She showed me her collection.  It was very eclectic and lots of fun for me.  It was simply what she liked when she saw it.  No recognizable names, at least to me,  just what she enjoyed having in her house. 

    In  2013 I made a large version of the Lying Lady for Zack Schiller, a movie producer.
Here are 3 of them at his Beverly Hills residence.

    The next year I showed it at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland.

 



Yours is made from casting black magnetite sand that occasionally washed up on the south beaches of Martha's Vineyard mixed with resin.
I was born in New York City on June 14, 1944.
Regards,
Jay
PS  Do you have a picture of Olga's piece?  I would love to have it for my records.


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Subject:	Lying Lady Image
Date:	Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:17:00 +0000
From:	Carla Kohl
To:	jaylagemann@gmail.com
CC:	Jacqueline Zorn

Dear Mr. Jay John Lagemann,

Silvia Perea forwarded on your contact information and your request for an image of the permanent collection object that we have of yours. Attached to this email you will find a JPG of the below work:

Jay John Lagemann (American, born 1944)

Lying Lady, 1991

Casted black magnetite sand mixed with resin

1 x 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum. 2013.1.118. Gift of Olga Hirshhorn.

Please let me know if you need anything else or have any questions.

All the best,

Carla Kohl
Associate Registrar
The Baker Museum
239-254-2622
artisnaples.org

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