Untitled

Frederick Eversley, Untitled, 1974, polyester resin/cast, 19 58 diam. x 6 12 in. (49.7 diam. x 16.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1983.82

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled
Date
1974
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
19 58 diam. x 6 12 in. (49.7 diam. x 16.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
polyester resin/cast
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
1983.82

Artwork Description

Eversley speaks of energy, space, time, and matter – concepts familiar to physicists and mathematicians and to an electrical engineer who gave up a career in the space program to make sculpture. The disc form of this untitled work is the result of the centrifugal process. Its highly polished surface concentrates ambient light in a bright central orb that shines like a distant star in the emptiness of space and draws the viewer into a cosmic place. But the parabolic shape also acts like a lens that captures light and the reflections of objects around it into a miniature black universe that dramatically alters relationships in the surrounding space.


African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond, 2012

Works by this artist (3 items)

Ray Strong, San Francisco from Russian Hill, ca. 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.89.9
San Francisco from Russian Hill
Dateca. 1934
oil on canvas
On view
Ray Strong, San Francisco from Russian Hill, ca. 1933-1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.102
San Francisco from Russian Hill
Dateca. 1933-1934
oil on canvas
Not on view
Ray Strong, Golden Gate Bridge, 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.50
Golden Gate Bridge
Date1934
oil on canvas
Not on view

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