The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Forms Carried Aloft, No. 2

1960

Richard Hunt

(American, 1935–2023)
America
brazed and welded steel
Overall: 128.2 cm (50 1/2 in.)
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1962.52
© Richard Hunt
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Hunt has completed more public sculptures than any other artist in the United States.

Description

A master of welded and cast metal sculpture, Hunt creates abstract works that often reference nature. Describing this early example, the artist said, "I wanted to give an impression of forms being lifted and projected upward by the rod rising from the base, which I think of as a kind of energized line, partly a stem and in part a trajectory."
  • Lee, Key Jo. “Currents and Constellations: A universe of ideas.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 62, no. 1: 12-15. Reproduced: P. 15; Mentioned: P. 12.
    Hunt, Richard, Charles R. Loving, and Sharon F. Patton. Richard Hunt : Extending Form. [Notre Dame, Indiana]: Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 2012. Mentioned p. 36; reproduced p. 38.
    Henning, Edward B. “In Pursuit of: Content.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 8 (October 1963): 219–239. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 238, fig. 11 www.jstor.org
    Kupka, Frank, Paul Klee, Larry Poons, Richard Hunt, and Edward B. Henning. “A Group of Twentieth-Century Works of Art Recently Acquired.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 57, no. 4 (April 1970): 107–127. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 123-126, fig. 19 www.jstor.org
  • Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-June 26, 2022).
    Contemporary Art and Textiles Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-August 26, 1984).
    Materials and Techniques of 20th-Century Artists. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 17, 1976-January 2, 1977).
    Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
    Richard Hunt. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 23-June 7, 1971).
    Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
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