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Richard Hunt, Study for Richmond Cycle, 1977, soldered, bolted, and burnished copper with wood edging, 19 x 60 3⁄4 x 24 3⁄4 in. (48.3 x 154.3 x 62.9 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1977.47.14, © 1977, Richard Hunt
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Study for Richmond Cycle
- Artist
- Date
- 1977
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 19 x 60 3⁄4 x 24 3⁄4 in. (48.3 x 154.3 x 62.9 cm.)
- Copyright
- © 1977, Richard Hunt
- Credit Line
- Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program
- Mediums Description
- soldered, bolted, and burnished copper with wood edging
- Classifications
- Keywords
- General Services Administration — Art-in-Architecture Program
- Study — sculpture model
- Abstract
- Object Number
- 1977.47.14
Artwork Description
Study for Richmond Cycle began life as a model for a huge plaza sculpture outside the Social Security Administration building in Richmond, California. Richmond Cycle is composed of two distinct parts that are separated spatially but united visually by virtue of shared materials and surface finish. The large biomorphic mass that seems to emerge from the ground and then arc back calls to mind a living form, an enormous tree that has fallen to the earth or a primordial animal taking its last breath. Together the elements evoke the cycle of life in which age and the weight of experience are paired with the lightness and promise of youth.
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012
Exhibitions
May 31, 2019–November 22, 2020
Artists used preliminary models—or maquettes—to communicate their ideas. Varied in scale, format, and level of finish, the nine models in this exhibition offer windows into the creative process, with work by Jackie Ferrara, Sol LeWitt, Claes Oldenburg, and Beverly Pepper, among others.