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Papier-mâché Ball

Grace Farrar Knowlton

Artwork Details

Papier-mâché Ball
after 1970
Grace Farrar Knowlton
papier-mâché on metal frame
19 x 21 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. (48.26 x 53.66 x 49.21 cm)
Gift of the Estate of James van Sweden
2015/2.40

Description

Subject Matter:

Knowlton has been creating spheres since the 1970s. In a variety of sizes and materials, these objects are decidedly hand made but without the clear, modernist mark of the artist. The artist engages with issues of materiality in terms of its relationship to the earthly or the cosmic, rather than in an earlier discussion of modeling or carving. 

Physical Description:

A metal interior frame with pieces of papier-mâché around it creating a ball. The strips of papier mache are long strips.

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