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Sphere (Small)

Grace Farrar Knowlton

Artwork Details

Sphere (Small)
after 1970
Grace Farrar Knowlton
terracotta
26 in x 26 in x 26 in (66.04 cm x 66.04 cm x 66.04 cm)
Gift of the Estate of James van Sweden
2015/2.39

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:

This round terracotta sphere has a reddish tint to its rough and cracked exterior.

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