Cabinet X: Shelf 2

Modern Sculpture

The works in this case are representative of the Museum’s continued commitment to collecting and exhibiting art of the recent past. Most of the objects here were the gift of Jack and Maureen Rounick, who had personal and professional ties to the artists emerging from New York City’s East Village scene in the 1980s. At that time, this neglected neighborhood was rife with poverty, crime, and artists. Since then it has become a textbook case of the gentrification that invariably claims artists’ bohemias. The artists themselves were implicated in this process of commercialization, translating forms of sub-cultural protest like graffiti into a more benign and saleable art, and making fashionable the aesthetic of ‘down-and-out.’ The complicated relationship between art and commerce is reflected in the objects assembled here, which frequently derive both their material form and subject matter from contemporary consumer culture. Following a long tradition in modern art, they challenge us to reconsider where we draw the line between high and low culture, the fine and popular arts, and art and non-art.

Thin, double-side, H-shaped bronze sculpture. Each side is made up of a collection of rough rectangle shapes overlapping and butting up against one another. Two rectangle-shaped openings penetrate the piece.
Robert Adams
Rectangular Bronze Form No. 2
bronze with wood base
6 15/16 in x 4 ¾ in x 2 1/16 in (17.62 cm x 12.07 cm x 5.24 cm);6 ⅞ in x 4 ¾ in x 2 1/16 in (17.46 cm x 12.07 cm x 5.24 cm)
Museum Purchase
David Brown
9-69
stainless steel with painted wood base
9 7/16 in x 9 ¼ in x 8 11/16 in (23.97 cm x 23.5 cm x 22.07 cm);9 7/16 in x 9 ¼ in x 8 11/16 in (23.97 cm x 23.5 cm x 22.07 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Maxine W. Kunstadter in memory of Sigmund Kunstadter, Class of 1922
Harry Bertoia
Bush
welded bronze rods
11 7/16 in. x 11 in. x 11 in. ( 29 cm x 28 cm x 28 cm )
Bequest of the Estate of David Caldwell Leedy
Sculpture made of glass and copper, with a tall base on which five cylinders of decreasing diameter sit, like a layer cake. Sculpture is hollow and the surface smooth on the interior.
Howard Ben Tré
Cast Form Type VIII
cast glass and copper
8 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in (20.64 cm x 16.51 cm);10 3/8 in x 10 1/4 in (26.35 cm x 26.04 cm)
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
This small sculpture resembles a grasshopper-like insect standing on three legs, but instead of a head a branching form resembling tree roots emerges from the top of the sculpture.
Lynn Chadwick
Insect Form
iron and cement
15 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 7 7/8 in (40.01 cm x 29.21 cm x 20 cm);15 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 7 7/8 in (40.01 cm x 29.21 cm x 20 cm)
Museum Purchase

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<p>Religious Sculpture from India</p>

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<p>Blue-and-White Porcelain and Stoneware</p>

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<p>Celadon Wares in Asia</p>

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<p>Celadon Wares in Asia</p>

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<p>Celadon Wares in Asia</p>

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<p>American Plaster Casts</p>

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<p>American Plaster Casts</p>

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<p>Apostle Spoons and American Silver</p>

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<p>Modernist Glass and American Art Pottery</p>

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<p>American Plaster Casts</p>

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<p>American Silver</p>

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<p>Tiffany Glass</p>

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<p>American Silver</p>

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<p>American Art Pottery</p>

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<p>Native American Art</p>

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<p>American Art Pottery</p>

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<p>American Art Pottery</p>

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<p>Native American Art</p>

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<p>The Human Figure in African Art</p>

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<p>African Miniature Masks</p>

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<p>African Masks and Masquerades</p>

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<p>The Head in African Art</p>

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<p>Selections from the Helmut Stern Collection</p>

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<p>Selections from the Helmut Stern Collection</p>

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<p>African Masks and Masquerades</p>

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<p>Modern Sculpture</p>

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<p>Modern Sculpture</p>

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<p>Modern Sculpture</p>

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<p>Modern Sculpture</p>

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<p>Selections from the Fusfeld Art Collection</p>

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