Untitled VI (State I)
View Similar Items
Martin PuryearUntitled VI (State I)2012
2012
About the Item
- Creator:Martin Puryear (1941, American)
- Creation Year:2012
- Dimensions:Height: 43 in (109.22 cm)Width: 41 in (104.14 cm)
- Medium:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: G13101246370
Martin Puryear
One of the most lauded contemporary American sculptors, Martin Puryear (b. 1941) has had — and continues to have — an impressive career.
Born in Washington, D.C., where he earned a fine art degree from the Catholic University of America in 1963, Puryear started his journey not in fine art, but in craft. As a teen, he learned how to build everything from furniture to musical instruments to canoes. Later, following his undergraduate work, he joined the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Sierra Leone and learned traditional craft methods, including pottery, weaving and woodworking. He then studied printmaking in Sweden before returning to the United States and earning his MFA from Yale University’s School of Art and Architecture. There, he specialized in sculpture.
Blending minimalism with the craft arts, Puryear’s work is often abstract and large scale. His sculptures of hemp rope, wood, bronze and more are studies of both form and material. And beneath the surface, his works touch upon complicated topics, including religion and Black history: Several of his pieces acknowledge iconic Black figures such as Sally Hemings (Thomas Jefferson’s slave and mother to six of his children) and Booker T. Washington, a former slave who became a prominent leader in the Black community and founded what is now Tuskegee University.
Puryear represented the United States at the 1989 Bienal de São Paulo, where he won the festival’s Grand Prize, and at the 2019 Venice Biennale. He has also received the National Medal of Arts, the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture. Puryear’s works can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields in Indiana and the Anderson Collection at Stanford University in California.
Find Martin Puryear’s art on 1stDibs.
- Two Open Squares Within a Red AreaBy Robert MangoldLocated in New York, NY2017, softground etching with spitbite aquatint, 20 1/8 x 30 1/8 inches (51.1 x 76.5 cm), edition of 25, signed, dated and numbered by the artistCategory
2010s Minimalist Abstract Prints
MaterialsPaper, Etching, Aquatint
- RoomBy Sean ScullyLocated in New York, NYSean Scully (Irish, b. 1945) Room, 1988 etching 42 x 51 inches (106.7 x 129.5 cm) Edition of 40Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching
$16,000 - MeditationsBy Ross BlecknerLocated in New York, NY2010, set of 9 etchings with aquatint, 22 x 22 1/4 inches each, edition of 40Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
MaterialsEtching
- Two Open Squares Within a Green AreaBy Robert MangoldLocated in New York, NY2017, softground etching with spitbite aquatint, 20 1/8 x 30 1/8 inches (51.1 x 76.5 cm), edition of 25, signed, dated and numbered by the artistCategory
2010s Minimalist Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching
- RE: MineBy McArthur BinionLocated in New York, NY2016, color aquatint and hardground etching, 25 3/4 x 37 inches (65.4 x 94 cm), edition of 25, signed, dated and numbered by the artistCategory
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching
- Durango IIBy Sean ScullyLocated in New York, NYSean Scully (Irish, b. 1945) Durango II, 1991 etching, aquatint, sugarlift, and spitbite on paper Paper Size: 17 1/2 x 23 inches (44.5 x 58.4 cm) Image Size: 10 1/4 x 17 inches (...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint
- Etching XXVIIBy Pierre SoulagesLocated in Paris, FREtching, 1974 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 12/100 Publisher : Galerie de France (Paris) Printer : Lacourière-Frélaut (Paris) Catalog : BNF 18 53.00 cm. x 76.00 cm....Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching
Price Upon Request - Le Nid VertBy George BraqueLocated in Paris, FREtching and aquatint, 1950 Edition : 123/300 38.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 14.96 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 22.00 cm. x 31.00 cm. 8.66 in. x 12.2 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in penci...Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request - No titleBy Arthur Luiz PizaLocated in Paris, FREngraving, 1970 78.00 cm. x 59.00 cm. 30.71 in. x 23.23 in. (paper) 78.00 cm. x 59.00 cm. 30.71 in. x 23.23 in. (image) Ref : LCD1897Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request - Composition Brune et Rouge XVBy Serge PoliakoffLocated in Paris, FRAquatint and burin on copper, 1964 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 66/75 Publisher : XXe siècle (Paris) Printer : S. Esmeraldo (Paris) Catalog : Schneider XV 75.00 cm...Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsAquatint
Price Upon Request - Composition in green, blue, red and yellow XXXVBy Serge PoliakoffLocated in Paris, FREtching and aquatint, 1968 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated EA Artist proof Edition : 75 ex. Publisher : XXe siècle, Paris Printer : J. David, Paris Catalog : [Schnei...Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request - Composition blue, gray and red XXVIBy Serge PoliakoffLocated in Paris, FREtching and aquatint, 1964 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Publisher : La Rose des Vents (Paris) Printer : Jean Signovert (Paris) Catalog : [Schneider XXVI] 38.00 cm. x 28.00 cm....Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
MaterialsEtching, Aquatint
Price Upon Request