Harold Tovish, Random Elements, 1979, wood/cut, assembled and glued on integral base, 12 x 8 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄4 in. (30.5 x 22.2 x 23.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.81
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Random Elements
- Artist
- Date
- 1979
- Location
- Dimensions
- 12 x 8 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄4 in. (30.5 x 22.2 x 23.5 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- wood/cut, assembled and glued on integral base
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Figure male — head
- Object Number
- 1986.6.81
Artwork Description
Random Elements is one of the final pieces in Harold Tovish's Transformations series. Tovish started with a carefully modeled self-portrait, Unit of Measure, which he then used to create fourteen variations. Although each piece looks very different from the original, Tovish maintains the same measure of volume. Random Elements, a construction of stacked wooden blocks, appears almost abstract, making it difficult for us to recognize it as the artist's self-portrait.