Philip Pavia - black-and-white sculptures

Philip Pavia (1911-2005), the pioneering first-generation son of an Italian stone carver, "turned rocks into art." The Times of London called Pavia "arguably more of an original than some of his better-known contemporaries." He was rare among his peers for sculpting abstract and figurative art, and he took full advantage of a lengthy 74-year career to develop his reach. Although he started his career as a draftsman and watercolorist, Pavia ultimately made his mark with a body of work that spanned all-abstract bronzes, black-and-white abstractions in Carrara marble.

Philip Pavia

Philip Pavia (March 16,1911 in Bridgeport, Connecticut – April 13, 2005 in New York City, New York was an internationally exhibited American painter and sculptor most closely associated with the abstract expressionist movement.
Pavia began his art studies at Yale but then transferred to the Arts Student League.in 1948 Pavia founded "The Club", an organization dedicated to engaging in a discourse on Modern art.
Pavia's sculpture the "Ides of March" (after his birthday) stood in front of the New York Hilton for twenty five some odd years, from 1963 to 1988.Pavia's work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Wikipedia