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Hunt, Richard,
Abstract
Object -- Other
Homage -- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Allegory -- Quality
Sculpture
"The Greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism, is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and..., (sculpture).
Artist:
Hunt, Richard, 1935-2023, sculptor.
Title:
"The Greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism, is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and..., (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Great Ideas of Western Man Series: The Greatest Obstacle to Being Heroic Is the Doubt Whether One May Not Be Going to Prove One's..., (sculpture).
Dates:
1975.
Medium:
Cut, formed and welded chromed steel.
Dimensions:
32 x 50 5/8 x 33 3/4 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Subject:
Abstract
Object -- Other -- Wheel
Homage -- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Allegory -- Quality -- Virtue
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & G Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1984.124.122
Provenance:
Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.
References:
National Museum of American Art, 1990.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.
Perry, Reginia A., "Free Within Ourselves: African American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992, pg. 91.
Powell, Richard J. and Virginia M. Mecklenburg, "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012, pg. 135.
Illustration:
Perry, Reginia A., "Free Within Ourselves: African American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992, pg. 90.
Powell, Richard J. and Virginia M. Mecklenburg, "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012, pg. 135.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 08580743
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