About the Object
In this wood sculpture, Storrs combined three shapes—a circle, square, and half circle—to suggest a human figure. This wood sculpture served as the model for a second version of the form, which Storrs created in polychromed steel in 1935.
Additional Information
The Collection includes four sculptures (VF2015.05.21, VF2015.05.22, 2017.01.01, and 2018.02.01) and three sketches (VF2015.05.13-15) based on this form, spanning 15 years of Storrs’ career.
The Artist;
Estate of the Artist;
[Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL];
Jan T. and Marica Vilcek Collection, New York, NY, 2011-2015;
New York, NY. Whitney Museum of American Art. John Storrs, A Retrospective (December 11, 1986-March 22, 1987); Fort Worth, TX. Amon Carter Museum (May 2-July 5, 1987); Louisville, KY. J.B. Speed Art Museum (August 28-November 1, 1987); p. 111-112, 138.
Tulsa, OK. Philbrook Museum of Art. From New York to New Mexico: Masterworks of American Modernism from the Vilcek Foundation Collection (February 8-May 3, 2015); Phoenix, AZ. Phoenix Art Museum (June 5-September 6, 2015); Santa Fe, NM. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (September 25, 2015-January 10, 2016).
John Henry Bradley Storrs Papers, Personal Business Records: Lists of Artworks, 1923-1980, Box 7, Folder 32, Frames 14-15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
John Henry Bradley Storrs Papers, Personal Business Records: Lists of Artworks, 1923-1980, Box 7, Folder 33, Frame 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Agee, William C. and Lewis Kachur. Masterpieces of American Modernism: From the Vilcek Collection. London: Merrell, 2013, pp. 12, 118-121, 268, ill. p. 119.
Pochoda, Elizabeth. “Freedom and the abstract truth: Jan and Marica Vilcek’s collection of American modernist art,” The Magazine Antiques (May/June 2013), ill. p. 99.
O’Hern, John. “Modern Manor,” American Fine Art Magazine, September/October 2013, ill. p. 61.
