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Threads of the West: Native Beadwork, Navajo Textiles, Navajo Jewelry & Western Art

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Lot 122

Peter Fillerup (1953–2016) Bronze Elk Chandelier

Estimate: $35,000 - $45,000
Current Bid
$2,750

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This is possibly the largest, most impressive masterpieces by Peter M. Fillerup (1953–2016) that has ever been brought to the public market. The extra-large Peter M. Fillerup Chandelier is signed in the work in multiple places and dated circa 1998. The piece is almost completely made from original solid bronze artwork showing Rocky Mountain Elk herds and Mountain Tree Groves with stunning handmade stained glass showing Mountain Wildflowers and a Mountain Forest scene. This piece is a one-of-a-kind handmade work of art commissioned for a Ranch in Loveland, Colorado where it was delivered in 2005. Peter M. Fillerup (September 4, 1953 - August 2016) was an American sculptor, artist and designer base out of Wyoming, celebrated for his Western-themed bronze sculptures, heroic monuments, and custom lighting bronze fixtures. During his 40-year career he shifted his focus from bronze sculpture to creating artistic chandeliers that fused original bronze artwork sculpture castings, hand crafted stained glass, and often natural elements (e.g., elk antlers, rawhide, beaver-chewed branches), and narrative motifs inspired by frontier history, mountain life and Native American life. He was trained by Utah sculptor Avard Fairbanks and designed a sculpture of Porter Rockwell, who served on the Council of Fifty, as well as lighting fixtures for 20 LDS temples, including the Payson Utah Temple and the Lima Peru Temple. In 1997, he designed the Hilda Erickson Memorial Statue, a public statue in memory of all American pioneers in Grantsville, Utah. The chandelier exhibits a multi-tiered light showing a large band the encompasses the entire central portion of the chandelier which is signed by Peter M. Fillerup, dated 1998 in various places and shows a herd of Rocky Mountain Elk walking about various towering trees all done in bronze sculpture artwork sitting atop a frame that is also complete made from cast bronze sculpture artwork showing a Thomas Molesworth Western and Cabin or Mountain pattern with then bands being reminiscent of tree branches with overlapping woven designs and pine cone designs. Below the large bronze scene there is a tapering area covered in Mountain Wildflowers all done in stained glass. At the bottom is a domed stained-glass shade. Inside of the chandelier is a large circular band of stained glass showing a Mountain scene with towering beautiful green Mountain Trees giving depth to the bronze scene. Tiered above that is an additional chandelier fixture integrated into the piece showing more cast bronze sculpture artwork with tree branch and pine cone adornments lined with more stained-glass work. The chandelier exhibits a total of 12 bronze arms and candle lights with stained glass handmade shades with an additional 6 lights inside which allows the chandelier to have an artistic glow of the leaded glass. The chandelier measures 66.5-inches high (from bottom of pinecone finial to top of chandelier ring), 72-inches deep and 54-inches wide, total weight of 291 pounds. The chandelier bronze body shows little to no wear and displays beautiful in very good condition. The stained glass also is well kept. There is a slight separation inside of the inner tree-stained glass ring which is hidden by the bronze tree and shows two very small sections with cracks. All of which can be repaired and cannot be seen by the eye as it is hidden behind the bronze section. Arts & Crafts, Mountain Home, Cabin, Western. This is likely the finest example of a Peter M. Fillerup artwork that has ever been brought to the public market and is about twice as large as the last example which was sold by North American Auction Company in January 2023 (which was 39” x 30” x 30”; this chandelier is 66.5" x 72" x 54") and sold for $32,760 (shown w/ bp). This chandelier cost nearly $50,000 from Peter Fillerup back in 2005.

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