Bowdoin College Museum of Art | - untitled (distorted hand with base)

Preview image of work. bronze on iron base, untitled (distorted hand with base) 9580

1985.58.2.a &.b

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untitled (distorted hand with base)

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Artist

Mark di Suvero (Shanghai, China, 9/18/1933 - )

Title

untitled (distorted hand with base)

Creation Date

ca. 1960

Century

20th century

Dimensions

8 3/8 in. x 6 1/2 in. x 5 1/4 in. (21.27 cm x 16.51 cm x 13.34 cm)

Classification

Sculpture

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

bronze on iron base

Credit Line

Gift of Walter K. Gutman, Class of 1924

Copyright

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Accession Number

1985.58.2.a &.b

Mark di Suvero’s early success as one of the preeminent American sculptors of the twentieth century can be traced to his exhibitions in New York’s legendary Green Gallery, run by Richard Bellamy. After recovering from a severe accident the artist suffered during a day job on a construction site in 1960, which nearly crippled him, di Suvero continued to create works that caught the eyes of critics and collectors. The artist thanked one of these early supporters, the art critic and feminist activist Jill Johnston, who had discussed di Suvero’s work in Art News in the summer of 1963, by presenting her with the small welded sculpture exhibited here.