Red Bud

Torin Richards, Red Bud, 1996, fabricated, cast, and oxidized sterling silver and glass beads, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist in memory of Nancy Wardwell, 1998.64
Torin Richards, Red Bud, 1996, fabricated, cast, and oxidized sterling silver and glass beads, clasped: 17 1⁄8 x 6 x 1 3⁄4 in. (43.5 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm) unclasped: 29 x 2 x 1 3⁄4 in. (73.7 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist in memory of Nancy Wardwell, 1998.64

Artwork Details

Title
Red Bud
Artist
Date
1996
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
clasped: 17 1⁄8 x 6 x 1 3⁄4 in. (43.5 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm) unclasped: 29 x 2 x 1 3⁄4 in. (73.7 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist in memory of Nancy Wardwell
Mediums
Mediums Description
fabricated, cast, and oxidized sterling silver and glass beads
Classifications
Object Number
1998.64
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1998.64

Artwork Description

In Red Bud, Torin Richards shows how simple forms can enrich each other. She used a botanical illustration of a magnolia bud and a cluster of berries as a model. For the artist, the juxtaposition recalls poison berries, snow-covered branches, a thorn-bearing plant, as well as the gray of earth and sky in winter. She hopes that these recognizable forms will evoke personal associations in the viewer.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Edwin Hale Lincoln, Sambucus Canadensis. Common, Sweet, or American Elder, 1904, platinum print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.112
Sambucus Canadensis. Common, Sweet, or American Elder
Artist
Date1904
platinum print
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Edwin Hale Lincoln, Eupatorium Urticaefolium. White Snakeroot, 1907, platinum print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.113
Eupatorium Urticaefolium. White Snakeroot
Artist
Date1907
platinum print
Not on view

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