Continuite

José de Creeft, Continuite, 1958, marble, 2612 1211 12 in. (66.031.729.2 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.20

Artwork Details

Title
Continuite
Date
1958
Dimensions
2612 1211 12 in. (66.031.729.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
marble
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group — female and child
Object Number
1986.6.20

Artwork Description

In found-object assemblages and semi-abstractions carved in stone and wood, de Creeft revealed the emotional states that characterize human experience. In Continuité the bodies of mother and child are one, reflecting the physicality of their inseparable bond.

Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

Works by this artist (1 item)

John Ahearn, Rigoberto Torres, Young Man of Anacostia, 1992/2019, plaster, acrylic paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Washington Project for the Arts with support from Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan, 2021.16, © 2019, John Ahearn & Rigoberto Torres
Young Man of Anacostia
Date1992/2019
plaster, acrylic paint
On view

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