Untitled

Frederick Eversley, Untitled, 1974, polyester resin/cast, 19 5⁄8 diam. x 6 1⁄2 in. (49.7 diam. x 16.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1983.82

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled
Artist
Date
1974
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
19 5⁄8 diam. x 6 1⁄2 in. (49.7 diam. x 16.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
polyester resin/cast
Classifications
Highlights
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
1983.82
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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.


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Works by this artist (1 item)

Frederick Eversley, Untitled, 1974, polyester resin/cast, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1983.82
Untitled
Artist
Date1974
polyester resin/cast
Not on view

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