Slashed Millstone

Robyn Horn, Slashed Millstone, 1996, ebonized redwood burl and ebony, 21 14 × 19 78 × 8 14 in. (54.0 × 50.5 × 21.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Margot R. Heckman, 2003.30A-B

Artwork Details

Title
Slashed Millstone
Artist
Date
1996
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
21 14 × 19 78 × 8 14 in. (54.0 × 50.5 × 21.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Margot R. Heckman
Mediums
Mediums Description
ebonized redwood burl and ebony
Classifications
Object Number
2003.30A-B

Artwork Description

Millstones remain a distinctive sign of early civilization, though they have all but disappeared from the modern world. Here Horn transforms redwood burl to "stone" to produce a timeless form that skillfully re-creates the effects of use and time. 

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019

Works by this artist (1 item)

Steven Montgomery, Static Fuel, 1998, earthenware and oil paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 2000.28
Static Fuel
Date1998
earthenware and oil paint
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.

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