Original multiple lasercut iron sculpture.

Most compact arrangement dimentions: 10" x 8" x 2"

Marco Polo "Mark" di Suvero is an American abstract expressionist sculptor born Marco Polo Levi in Shanghai, China in 1933 to Italian expatriates. He immigrated to San Francisco, California in 1942 with his family. From 1953 to 1957, he attended the University of California, Berkeley to study Philosophy. He later moved to New York City where he was surrounded by an explosion of Abstract Expressionism. While working in construction, he was critically injured in a freight elevator accident and focused all his attention on sculpture.

While in rehabilitation, he learned to work with an arc welder. His early works were large outdoor pieces that incorporated railroad ties, tires, scrap metal and structural steel. This exploration has transformed over time into a focus on I-beams and heavy gauge metal. Many of the pieces contain sections that are allowed to swing and rotate giving the overall forms a considerable degree of motion. He prides himself on his hands-on approach to the fabrication and installation of his work.

di Suvero has been exhibited extensively in major galleries and museums around the world and as well as being part of public and private collections.

di Suvero currently lives in New York City with his second wife, New York City Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs Kate Levin, and daughter. He has three working studios, one in Long Island City, a former brickyard on the edge of the East River in Long Island and an open air fabrication facility in Petaluma California, where he lived from 1975 to 1988. The third studio is on a river barge in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, since 1972.