Artist

Bud Latven

born Philadelphia, PA 1949
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Courtesy Bud Latven.
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

Bud Latven moved to New Mexico in 1972 and worked in a cabinet shop making waterbeds and southwestern-style furniture. He started his own business in a small abandoned garage two years later and made furniture from burls and root structures. After using a lathe to make a set of goblets, he began to experiment with turned vessels and sculptures. Latven became a leader in the technique of "segmented turning" during the 1980s. He constructs the initial form from many small blocks of wood and often incorporates a variety of colors into one piece.

Works by this artist (61 items)

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James Castle, Untitled, ca. 1931-1977, found paper and soot, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Castle Collection and Archive and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.27.27
Untitled
Artist
Dateca. 1931-1977
found paper and soot
On view
James Castle, Untitled, ca. 1952, found paper, soot, and color of unknown origin, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Castle Collection and Archive and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.27.47
Untitled
Artist
Dateca. 1952
found paper, soot, and color of unknown origin
On view
James Castle, Untitled, ca. 1931-1977, found paper and soot, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Castle Collection and Archive and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment , 2013.27.30
Untitled
Artist
Dateca. 1931-1977
found paper and soot
On view
James Castle, Untitled, ca. 1931-1977, color of unknown origin and soot on found paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.16
Untitled
Artist
Dateca. 1931-1977
color of unknown origin and soot on found paper
Not on view