Accession Number
1983/1.403

Title
Undiscovered Threshold

Artist(s)
Beverly Pepper

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1969

Medium & Support
baked enamel and Cor-Ten steel

Dimensions
12 3/16 in x 19 3/10 in x 15 ¾ in (30.96 cm x 49.05 cm x 40.01 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Maxine W. Kunstadter in memory of Sigmund Kunstadter, Class of 1922

Label copy
March 28, 2009
The abstract language of form that I have chosen has become a way to explore an interior life of feeling…I wish to make an object that has a powerful presence, but is at the same time inwardly turned, seeming capable of intense self-absorption.
—Beverly Pepper
A painter-turned-sculptor, Pepper’s body of work is remarkably varied, ranging from intimate table top sculptures, such as this piece, to monumental outdoor works and site-specific environmental projects that merge with the landscape. During the 1960s she began to experiment with new materials, particularly industrial metals. In this period her sculptural style also became more geometric, focusing on rectangular cube-like shapes and forms. In Undiscovered Threshold Pepper creates a kind of deconstructed box that spirals open to engage and interact with the space around it.

Primary Object Classification
Sculpture

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

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Keywords
abstraction
modern and contemporary art