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Ann Merck (American, n.d.)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sculptor and photographer\u2014called Anne in Sigmund Abeles<\/a>\u2019s work\u2014is known as Friedrike Merck. She graduated from Bradford College and the University of New Hampshire, and studied art in France and Italy where she learned masterworks from a headquarters of classic sculpture, the Pallas section of Pietrasanta. As her husband for several years, Abeles undertook many figure studies of her both while she was informally resting or showcasing her artist\u2019s tools.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merck states that her work stands as \u201ca dedication to realism, an intimate understanding of the natural world and an awareness of Spirit in all living forms.\u201d Today beyond marble and limestone sculpture, she produces classical metal medallions and coin designs used as memorials for significant people and places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sigmund Abeles, Pietrasanta Carver (Ann Merck)<\/em>, 1977, Lithograph on Rives BFK, 22 1\/4 x 18 in., Bates College Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, 1994.1.15<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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