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Untitled

1989

Joel Shapiro

(American, 1941–2025)
Culture
America
Medium
bronze
Measurements
Overall: 177.8 x 203.2 x 76.2 cm (70 x 80 x 30 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1989.57
Copyright
© Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
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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
Abstract bronze sculpture with three geometric rectangular prisms connected at one point. They have a streaky brown colored surface with occasional splotches of gold. A central rectangular prism tilts up and to the left. The short end is attached to two smaller rectangular prisms, splayed in different directions, one bracing it against the floor, the other jutting out to the right.

Untitled

1989

Joel Shapiro

(American, 1941–2025)
America

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