Raft

William Morris, Raft, 1997, glass with steel stand, 171910 in. (43.248.325.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Colleen and John Kotelly, 1999.78

Artwork Details

Title
Raft
Date
1997
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
171910 in. (43.248.325.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Colleen and John Kotelly
Mediums Description
glass with steel stand
Classifications
Subjects
  • Skeleton
  • Architecture — boat — raft
  • Fantasy — animal
Object Number
1999.78

Artwork Description

Although my work is shaped by the influences of contemporary life and technology, it contemplates fragments from the past; reinventing the narrative of the hunt, stories and rituals which continue to live on in the artifacts which remain. -- William Morris

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019

Works by this artist (6 items)

ADÁL, Un Momento Retardado, ca. 1973, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1, © 1973, ADAL
Un Momento Retardado
Artist
Dateca. 1973
gelatin silver print
Not on view
ADÁL, El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Adál Maldonado, 1994, lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2013.19.1, © 2012, ADÁL
El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico…
Artist
Date1994
lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet
Not on view
ADÁL, El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Luciana Alexandra del Rio de la Serna, 1994, issued 2012, lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2013.19.2, © 2012, ADÁL
El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico…
Artist
Date1994, issued 2012
lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet
Not on view
ADÁL, West Side Story Upside Down, Backwards, Sideways and Out of Focus (La Maleta de Futriaco Martínez), 2002, suitcase, flat-screen LCD monitor, single-channel digital video, color, sound; 12:51 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.20A-B, © 2002, ADÁL
West Side Story Upside Down, Backwards, Sideways and Out of…
Artist
Date2002
suitcase, flat-screen LCD monitor, single-channel digital video, color, sound; 12:51 minutes
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

More Artworks from the Collection

Sean Scully, Pomes Penyeach (by James Joyce), 1993, book, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2001.79.44.1-13, © 1993, Sean Scully
Pomes Penyeach (by James Joyce)
Date1993
book
Not on view
Man Ray, Alphabet for Adults, 1948, mechanical reproduction on paper and paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Juliet Man Ray, 1985.25.1, © 1948, Man Ray Trust
Alphabet for Adults
Artist
Date1948
mechanical reproduction on paper and paperboard
Not on view
The American Monument
Date1976
deluxe edition book limited to 50 copies, Eakins Press, New York, edition 28/50, Volume I contains 213 gravure illustrations
Not on view