Untitled

Judith Scott, Untitled, ca. 1990-2005, mixed media, shoe section, and thread, 33 78 × 18 14 × 18 14 in. (86.0 × 46.4 × 46.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.66, © 2005, Creative Growth

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled
Artist
Date
ca. 1990-2005
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
33 78 × 18 14 × 18 14 in. (86.0 × 46.4 × 46.4 cm)
Copyright
© 2005, Creative Growth
Credit Line
The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson
Mediums Description
mixed media, shoe section, and thread
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
2016.38.66

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 (3 items)

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
Untitled
Date1994
mixed media and string
Not on view
Untitled (Medicine Bottle)
Date1996
mixed media and string
Not on view
Judith Scott, Untitled, ca. 1990-2005, mixed media, shoe section, and thread, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.66, © 2005, Creative Growth
Untitled
Dateca. 1990-2005
mixed media, shoe section, and thread
Not on view

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