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Konzal, Joseph,
Abstract
Figure
Occupation -- Other
Ethnic -- Cretan
Sculpture
Cretan Queen, (sculpture).
Artist:
Konzal, Joseph, 1905-1994, sculptor.
Title:
Cretan Queen, (sculpture).
Dates:
1963-1964.
Medium:
Welded steel tubing on stone base.
Dimensions:
74 x 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (188 x 47 x 37 cm.).
Description:
A tall, spidery looking construction of steel tubing of various diameters and lengths. Springing from a light-colored cubic block of stone, the piece resembles a human form with two long projections below for "legs" and two long projections above for "arms." The "torso" of the figure is a tight grouping of shorter and broader tubing.
Subject:
Abstract
Figure
Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
Ethnic -- Cretan
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
Tate Gallery, Millbank, London, England SW1P 4RG Accession Number: T.874
Provenance:
Gift of Shulman, Joseph, L., 1966.
Purchased from Konzal, Joseph, New York, New York 1966.
Remarks:
The Tate catalogue includes a brief quote by the artist taken from a letter dated May 20, 1973 in which he discusses this work as well as others similar to it.
References:
"Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than works by British Artists," London: Tate Gallery, 1981, pg. 395-396.
Illustration:
"Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than works by British Artists," London: Tate Gallery, 1981, pg. 395.
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 66470021
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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