Exchange: W23 Weaver - ENGLISH 124 012 - The Politics of Reading

W23 Weaver - ENGLISH 124 012 - The Politics of Reading

A biomorphically abstract sculpture of bronze. Bulbous at the bottom, the shape stretches and narrows in the middle and then expands into a larger shape from which two rounded points rise.

Hans (Jean) Arp;Fonderie d'Art Fonderie Susse
Fruit Pré-adamite
1938
bronze |
Museum Purchase
1948/2.26

A small polished bronze sculpture of a biomorphic form rising gracefully from a small base. Where it contacts the base, the form stands on two leg-like structures. The form rises from there, narrows, then opens up into a wider, more oblong shape at the top.

Hans (Jean) Arp
Little Torso No. 5 (Torse)
1930 – 1957
polished bronze |
Gift of the Estate of Maxine W. Kunstadter in memory of Sigmund Kunstadter, Class of 1922
1983/1.399

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Carlos Mérida
Composition
1893 – 1968
color lithograph | paper
Bequest of Florence L. Stol
1968/1.94

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A clear glass bubble rests on the bowl of a plain white clay pipe. Along the stem of the pipe are the words, "Ce que [sic] manque à nous tous."

Man Ray
What We All Lack (Ce qui manque à nous tous)
1962
blown glass, clay, and wood |
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
1997/1.129

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A small, thin silver disk. In the center are seven convex circular protrusions (one in the center surrounded symmetrically by the six others) that appear like balls set within individual depressions. There are other less uniform depressions surrounding the center design. An incised line runs around the circumference.

Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp Art Medal 28/100, based on Sink Stopper (Bouche Évier), 1964
1967
silver |
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
1997/1.122

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Three birds, executed with spare line and simple form, are set within an abstracted landscape of bright yellows and oranges.

Max Ernst
At the Crossroads (En Rade)
1955
oil | canvas
Gift of the Estate of Maxine W. Kunstadter in memory of Sigmund Kunstadter, Class of 1922
1983/1.414

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