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Erdman

b. 1952

“I’m so in love with the stone. You don’t need to look anywhere else: marble is the most noble and life-giving stone to express ourselves. The pieces have to speak of the material; I’m just a messenger bringing this [4 hundred million] year old material back to life. It’s happy to be back”

Bio

Richard Erdman is known for his elegant marble and bronze works that explore the interplay of movement, form, and time. Raised near Vermont’s historic marble quarries, he developed a lifelong connection to stone that deepened through his decades-long collaboration with master carvers in Carrara, Italy. Erdman gained international acclaim with Passage (1983), a monumental travertine sculpture at the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens at PepsiCo. He studied at the University of Vermont, where he received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in 2016. His works, celebrated for their fluidity and technical mastery, are featured in over 140 collections worldwide, including major museums and public spaces across six continents.