Mr. Imagination applied bottle caps and buttons to his sculptures to give them color and texture. In this piece, he surrounded a self-portrait with wire protrusions, then threaded different colored buttons onto the wire. The twisting shapes evoke colorful snakes or dreadlocks, reflecting Mr. Imagination’s lively personality.
- Title
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Button Cane with Self-Portrait
- Artist
- Date
- mid 1990s
- Location
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.
- Mediums Description
- enamel paint on board
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Portrait male – Imagination, Mr. – head
- Portrait male – Imagination, Mr. – self-portrait
- Object Number
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1998.84.20
- Palette
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