Lapstrake I

Copied Jesús Moroles, Lapstrake I, 1980, Georgia gray granite, 28368 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alton and Emily Steiner, 2002.82

Artwork Details

Title
Lapstrake I
Date
1980
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
28368 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Alton and Emily Steiner
Mediums Description
Georgia gray granite
Classifications
Object Number
2002.82

Artwork Description

The word lapstrake means "overlapping" or "not flush." In Lapstrake I, Jesús Moroles wanted to "bring the quarry into the gallery" by making a single block of granite look like many pieces of stone uneasily balanced atop one another. To "make the stone important," Moroles preserved a sense of the rock's original form and character, rather than carve the material to look like another object or an abstract form (Adlmann, Moroles, 2003).

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