Victor Salmones 1937-1989

Mexican Artist and Sculptor Victor Salmones was born in Mexico City. He became the most well known sculptor living and working in Mexico during his lifetime. Salmones studied at the Instituto de Bellas Artes (Mexican National Institute of Fine Arts), starting his own sculpture workshop in Cuernavaca in the year 1966. In 1967, Salmones’ fluid bronze “Adam” won first prize at the Biennale Exposition of the National Museum of Modern Art. Harry Greer of the New York’s Frick Museum and Charles Nagle of the Smithsonian awarded Salmones’ life-size bronze “Narcissus” first place in the national art competition. His sculptures were created using the lost wax process and were usually cast in small editions of ten.

This bronze is fastened to it’s original frosted to a lucite base.