Snatch Load Block, (sculpture).

Snatch Load Block, (sculpture).

Graves, Nancy, 1940-1995, sculptor.

Tallix, founder.

Snatch Load Block, (sculpture).

Bronze and steel with polyurethane paint and polychrome patina.

73 1/2 x 60 x 65 in.

(Inscribed on top of bar attached to wheel:) SNATCH LOAD BLOCK N. S. Graves 11-85 TX signed Founders mark appears.

A cast-iron wheel originally used for rolling sod is the central element in the work. A cast-bronze six-holed form for holding bread dough, with the bronze sprues still attached, reaches from the floor to the top of the wheel. Above the wheel is an open fan, and a movable disk cantilevers off the fan.

Ekstract, Richard, New York

Purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, New York

Carmean, E. A., Jr., et al., "The Sculpture of Nancy Graves: A Catalogue Raisonne," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1987.

Carmean, E. A. Jr., et al., "The Sculpture of Nancy Graves...," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1987, pg. 158.

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