Marla

Irving Dominick, Marla, 1982, cut, bent, soldered, and riveted galvanized iron, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1988.74.13
Irving Dominick, Marla, 1982, cut, bent, soldered, and riveted galvanized iron, 59 x 35 1⁄4 x 14 3⁄4 in. (149.9 x 89.5 x 37.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1988.74.13

Artwork Details

Title
Marla
Artist
Date
1982
Location
Dimensions
59 x 35 1⁄4 x 14 3⁄4 in. (149.9 x 89.5 x 37.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.
Mediums
Mediums Description
cut, bent, soldered, and riveted galvanized iron
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — unidentified — Marla
Object Number
1988.74.13
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1988.74.13

Artwork Description

Like many folk artists, Irving Dominick applied his vocational skills to imaginative projects. This sculpture is the best surviving example of the whimsy and care Dominick, a roofer and sheet-metal worker, used to make tin representations of his ten-year-old granddaughter. She is complete with loosely crimped hair, a sunny expression, and circle skirt to match her soldered shoes.

Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006

Works by this artist (1 item)

Irving Dominick, Marla, 1982, cut, bent, soldered, and riveted galvanized iron, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1988.74.13
Marla
Artist
Date1982
cut, bent, soldered, and riveted galvanized iron
On view

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