Bidspirit auction | FRANK FLEMING, ”SILVER EGG”

FRANK FLEMING, ”SILVER EGG” - ”Silver Egg”, an original porcelain sculpture wrapped in sterling silver by listed artist, Frank Fleming. This piece was purchased directly from Fleming's studio along with the others being offered in this auction. Some minor silver scrapped off as shown in photos and appears to be marked, ”XXX”. This sculpture by listed artist, Frank Fleming measures, 2'' H x 3.25'' W x 2'' D. Frank Fleming was born on a farm in Alabama in 1940. He suffered from a severe speech impediment, which caused him to stop talking in school in the first grade, and he did not speak in public for the next eleven years. More comfortable in the outdoors, and because words often failed him, he came to express himself in images. Fleming found his niche at Florence State College, where he learned how to work with clay from a maid who cleaned the classrooms. The fantastic and playful quality in Fleming’s work is a product of his childhood and his involvement in the 1970s funk art movement in California.