Wallen Maquettes for Sale
A maquette is usually a rough working model for a larger sculpture. R.T. Wallen often finishes his maquettes to be cast in bronze in editions of 25.
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Spirit of the Rivers
This sculpture celebrates the origins of the maritime tradition on Lake Michigan. An elder greets a young Native American portaging a birchbark canoe, accompanied by his wife. The full-size figures are 10-feet high, the canoe 20-feet long. The monument is located on Mariners Trail on the Lake Michigan shoreline between Two Rivers and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. See www.spiritoftherivers.com for a history of the project, including a book by award-winning author Kerry Trask about the project.
Wallen Maquettes for Sale
American and Russian Pilots
The Alaska-Siberia World War II monument in Fairbanks, Alaska, was commissioned by the Alaska-Siberia Research Center to bring attention to the little-known history of the Lend-Lease program in Alaska. Almost 8,000 warplanes, manufactured in the U.S., were flown to Fairbanks, Alaska, for transfer to Russian pilots who flew them across Siberia to the western front. This effort is credited with turning the tide in the war against the Nazis. Both pilots are portrayed in the special cold-weather gear required for long flights in unheated airplanes. The full-size figures are 10 ft. high.
American pilot maquette: 25 ½ “ high, walnut base
Russian pilot maquette: 25 ¼ ” high, walnut base
Price: $8900 for the pair
Family Outing
Mother black bear leads her two cubs across a fallen log bridging a pond. The full-size sculpture, a private commission in Wyoming, is 15 feet long.
Maquette: 25” long x 13” high x 8” wide, walnut base
Price: $3600
Male and Female Cougars
Two 13-ft cougars flank the administration building at the University of Houston. The female is in a stalking position, while the male is in a defensive position.
Male cougar maquette: 30” long x 12 ¾” high x 7” wide, walnut base
Female cougar maquette: 29” long x 13 ¼” high x 7” wide, walnut base
Price: $3500 each or $5000 for pair
Breaching Humpback Whale
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Alaska Statehood, a life-scale bronze whale, 25 feet high, breaches from an infinity pool on the waterfront in Juneau, Alaska. Elaborate waterworks simulate the commotion of briny seawater cascading off its body.
Whale maquette: 29 3/8” high, with a turntable base of black granite
Price: $5500
Spirit of the Rivers
Invited by a group of citizens to create a legacy piece for his hometown on Lake Michigan, Wallen wanted to recognize the thousands of years of human habitation along the shores of the Great Lakes and to celebrate the birch bark canoe as the precursor of the maritime tradition of Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Three 10-ft high figures and a 20-ft canoe found their home on the lakeshore between the two communities.
Maquette: 24” high, black walnut base. A portion of the proceeds go to the fund to maintain the monumental sculpture
Price: $7500
Bronze Antlers
Cast from near-world-record Alaska moose antlers. Suitable for indoor or outdoor display. Approximately 59” across.
Price: $18,000