Untitled

Judith Scott, Untitled, 1994, mixed media and string, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.67, © 2005, Creative Growth
Judith Scott, Untitled, 1994, mixed media and string, 65 1⁄8 × 14 7⁄8 × 9 1⁄4 in. (165.4 × 37.8 × 23.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.67, © 2005, Creative Growth

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled
Artist
Date
1994
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
65 1⁄8 × 14 7⁄8 × 9 1⁄4 in. (165.4 × 37.8 × 23.5 cm)
Copyright
© 2005, Creative Growth
Credit Line
The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson
Mediums Description
mixed media and string
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — art object — sculpture
Object Number
2016.38.67
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2016.38.67

Artwork Description

At the heart of Judith Scott’s sculptures are found objects from the everyday world, nestled and enshrouded within colored fibers—yarn, string, ribbon—which are not simply woven or wrapped to form the object’s exterior, but are intricately webbed and bound in what became the artist’s signature style. While Scott’s intentions and meanings were known only to her, the artworks she made silently but steadfastly telegraph messages about what is visible on the surface and what remains hidden within, and the notion that the depths of one soul can never be fully known to another.
(We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection, 2022)

Works by this artist (2 items)

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Silk Stockings are Bayonets, drawing for ​“The Masses”
Artist
Date1937
conte crayon, brush and ink and china white on paper
Not on view
Stuyvesant Van Veen, Death of a Giant, 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.31
Death of a Giant
Artist
Date1934
oil on canvas
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2019.15 - SAAM-2019.15_1 - 137377
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
May 31, 2024–January 5, 2025
Renwick Gallery
The artists in Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women mastered and subverted the everyday materials of cotton, felt, and wool to create deeply personal artworks.

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