Bower

Martin Puryear, Bower, 1980, Sitka spruce, pine, and copper tacks, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, Alexander Calder, Frank Wilbert Stokes, and the Ford Motor Company, 2002.18, © 1980, Martin Puryear
Martin Puryear, Bower, 1980, Sitka spruce, pine, and copper tacks, 64 1⁄4 × 94 5⁄8 × 26 in. (163.3 × 240.2 × 66.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, Alexander Calder, Frank Wilbert Stokes, and the Ford Motor Company, 2002.18, © 1980, Martin Puryear

Artwork Details

Title
Bower
Artist
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
64 1⁄4 × 94 5⁄8 × 26 in. (163.3 × 240.2 × 66.0 cm)
Copyright
© 1980, Martin Puryear
Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, Alexander Calder, Frank Wilbert Stokes, and the Ford Motor Company
Mediums
Mediums Description
Sitka spruce, pine, and copper tacks
Classifications
Highlights
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
2002.18
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2002.18

Works by this artist (17 items)

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Martin Puryear, Vessel, 1997-2002, Eastern white pine, mesh, tar, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman in memory of Nan Tucker McEvoy, gift of Lucy S. Rhame, and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2017.18, © 1997-2002, Martin Puryear
Vessel
Artist
Date1997-2002
Eastern white pine, mesh, tar
On view
Martin Puryear, Fern, from the portfolio Cane, 2000, woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan and museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation, 2002.12.2.4, © 2000 Arion Press
Fern, from the portfolio Cane
Artist
Date2000
woodcut on paper
Not on view
Martin Puryear, Carma, from the portfolio Cane, 2000, woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan and museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation, 2002.12.2.3, © 2000 Arion Press
Carma, from the portfolio Cane
Artist
Date2000
woodcut on paper
Not on view
Martin Puryear, Shoulders, 2002, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation, 2014.31.5, © 2002, Paulson Bott Press
Shoulders
Artist
Date2002
etching on paper
Not on view