ARTIST LEON FONTIER PEWTER PICTURE FRAME HAND-MADE Dated Signed 1993 VGUC

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RENOWNED  ARTIST LEON FONTIER
HANDMADE --PEWTER-- PHOTO FRAME
This wonderful pewter frame features an Abstract design in relief.  It is by the pewter artist Leon Fontier.  He has been producing pewter ware since 1985.  The hand crafted pieces are made from lead-free pewter using a variety of pewtersmithing techniques including spinnng, fabrication and casting.
Fontier was born in the Congo, educated in Belgium and then moved to central New York in 1972.  His work is part of the permanent collections of the Yale University Art Gallery and the White House --- and it is in many private collections.  He has won awards at the Winterpark Art Festival in Florida, the Bruce Museum Craft Festival in Connecticut and the 1999 William F. Kayhoe Award for Functional Metal.
This photo frame is  relief sculpture!  It is approximately 5 1/4" x 8".  The window / opening is about 5" x 7".  It has glass to protect your photo.  The back is covered with a nice flocked burgundy.  The stand permits you to display the frame either vertically or horizontally.
This pewter "work of art" is signed along one edge on the back ----
Pewter     Fontier
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'93
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