The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 16, 2024
Untitled
1989
(American, 1941-)
Overall: 177.8 x 203.2 x 76.2 cm (70 x 80 x 30 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1989.57
© Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Location: not on view
Description
Joel Shapiro works with a concentrated, sleek geometric vocabulary that can be seen as both figurative and abstract. In this composition he attached two projecting elements to a larger rectangular form, suggesting a human torso with extended legs. From one angle, the sculpture resembles a figure kicking its foot up or leaning forward in an energetic sprint; another view implies a body in a static moment of balance in midair, like a ballet dancer. Shapiro first created this composition in wood, assembling the dynamic form from pieces of timber that were cut and joined together. The sculpture was then cast in bronze. The texture and grain of the original wood are visible on the surface of the metal- MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 129, p. 123, color repr. p. 116.The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).CMA, 1990: "Year in Review 1989," CMA Bulletin 77 (Feb., 1990), p. 68, cat. no. 55, repr. cover and p. 64
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.57