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TitleTongue and Hand

Creator nameSmith, Kiki

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1985

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPainted plaster

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsBodies--Parts Plaster sculptureSculpture, Modern--20th century

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Twelve: The Contemporary Ex-Voto: Reenchanting the Art World?

Mechtild Widrich

Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place

In the December 1980 issue of the Italian design magazine Domus, French critic Pierre Restany made public what is perhaps the best-known contemporary votive artwork: Ex voto a Santa Rita by Yves Klein, dedicated in 1961 in the convent of Santa Rita da Caseia in Umbria (fig. 12.1)...

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Mechtild Widrich

PublisherBard Graduate Center

Related print edition pages: pp.285-295

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00203.016

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20161&redirecttoanchor=50419

Chapter subject tags:Votive offeringsModernism (Art)Ono, Yōko, 1943-Smith, Kiki, 1954-Bodies--Parts

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Adam and Eve

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1922

Object typeSculpture

LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/oeuvre/c7rMez

Accession numberPH 657 A

Adam and Eve

Bird in Space

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1927–1930

Object typePhotograph

LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/oeuvre/cxxxBke

Accession numberPH 481

Bird in Space

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1941

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPolished bronze on two-part base of white marble and limestone

DimensionsH: 76 1/4 in. (193.6 cm); base, h: 53 1/2 in. (136 cm)

LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Bird in Space

Leda

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1926

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPolished bronze

DimensionsHeight 21 1/4 in. (54 cm)

LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/oeuvre/cbko7k

Accession numberPH 403 A

Leda

Target with Plaster Casts

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 31

Creator nameJohns, Jasper

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1955

Object typeCollage

MaterialsEncaustic on newspaper and cloth over canvas surmounted by four tinted plaster casts in wood box with hinged front

Dimensions51 x 44 in. (129.5 x 111.8 cm)

LocationCollection of David Geffen, Los Angeles

Target with Plaster Casts

Description: Brancusi's studio with "Princess X,"...

Brancusi's studio with "Princess X," "Prometheus," "Endless Column," and "Maiastra"

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1917

Object typePhotograph

LocationMuseé National d'Art Moderne, Paris

Brancusi's studio with "Princess X,"...

Brancusi's studio with "Princess X," "Prometheus," "Endless Column," and "Maiastra

Beginning of the World

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1924

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPolished bronze on polished steel and oak base

Dimensions7 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. (19 x 28.5 x 17.5 cm); base, height 29 1/8 in. (74 cm)

LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Beginning of the World

Endless Column

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

DimensionsOriginally c. 283 1/2 in. (720 cm) high, now in two fragments

LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Endless Column

Midonz (goddess of transmutation)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameMoody, Ronald

Creator nationality/cultureBritish

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1939

Object typeSculpture

LocationPrivate collection, Cynthia Moody, United Kingdom

Midonz (goddess of transmutation)

Revival Goddess Dinah

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameKapo

Creator nationality/cultureJamaican

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1968

Object typeSculpture

DimensionsNational Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston

LocationLignum vitae

Accession number78.7 cm

Revival Goddess Dinah

Yellow Bird (L'oiseau d'or)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1919

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsYellow marble, limestone and oak base

DimensionsOverall: 87 1/4 in. (221.6 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/48037

Accession number1952.30.1a-d

Yellow Bird (L'oiseau d'or)

Brancusi's studio with two versions of "Mademoiselle Pogany II"

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1920

Object typePhotograph

LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/oeuvre/cazjEop

Accession numberPH 10

Brancusi's studio with two versions of...

Brancusi's studio with two versions of "Mademoiselle Pogany II

The Truck

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator nameSegal, George

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1966

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMetal, plaster, glass, wood, plastic, 16mm color film, silent, transferred to digital video (projection), 2 min 54 sec loop

Dimensions66 × 220 × 60 in. (167.6 × 554.8 × 152.4 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/25674/the-truck

Accession number1966.336

The Truck

Adam and Eve

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1921

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsOak and chestnut on limestone base

Dimensions89 3/8 x 19 x 17 3/8 in. (227 x 48.2 x 44 cm); block, height 5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm)

LocationSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/663

Accession number53.1329

Adam and Eve

Danbala

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameLiautaud, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureHaitian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1959

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCut and forged metal

Dimensions26 1/8 x 12 3/8 in. (66.36 x 31.43 cm)

LocationMilwaukee Art Museum

http://collection.mam.org/details.php?id=5060

Accession numberM1991.168

Danbala

Fresh Widow

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameDuchamp, Marcel

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1920

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMiniature French window, painted wood frame, and eight panels of glass covered with black leather

Dimensions30 1/2 x 17 5/8 in. (77.5 44.8 cm), on wood sill, 3/4 x 21 4 in. (1.9 x 53.3 x 10.2 cm)

LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/81028

Accession number151.1953

Fresh Widow

Eve

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameManley, Edna

Creator nationality/cultureJamaican

DimensionsH: 213.36 cm

LocationGraves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom

http://collections.museums-sheffield.org.uk/view/objects/asitem/search@/0?t:state:flow=f9cc2bd4-3aa3-473a-82bd-02e0c138a308

Accession numberVIS.2749

Eve

Maube Seller

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator namePayne, Ivan

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

DimensionsPrivate collection, Elombe Motley

Maube Seller

Description: Installation of Brancusi's work at the Sculptor's Gallery, New York, with...

Installation of Brancusi's work at the Sculptor's Gallery, New York, with "Three Penguins" and "Maiastra"

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1922

Object typePhotograph

Installation of Brancusi's work at the...

Installation of Brancusi's work at the Sculptor's Gallery, New York, with "Three Penguins" and "Maiastra

Mountain Head (Woman of Zion)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameGonzales, Christopher

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1980

Object typeSculpture

DimensionsPrivate collection, Mrs. Sheila Graham, Kingston, Jamaica

Mountain Head (Woman of Zion)

Torso of a Young Man [I]

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 04

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1917–1922

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMaple on limestone block

Dimensions19 x 12 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (48.3 x 31.5 x 18.5 cm) on 8 3/8 (21.5 cm) base

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

http://phillymuseumofart.com/collections/permanent/51091.html

Accession number1950-134-17

Torso of a Young Man [I]

Golden Bird

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 04

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1919–1920

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBronze, stone, and wood

Dimensions86 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (217.8 x 29.9 x 29.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/91194

Accession number1990.88

Golden Bird

Drawing of the monolith portraying Coyolxauhqui

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator nationality/cultureAztec

Drawing of the monolith portraying...

Drawing of the monolith portraying Coyolxauhqui

Untitled drawing, JP-CR 3:442r

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 16

Creator namePollock, Jackson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1937–1938

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsColored pencil on paper

Dimensions16 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (43 x 35 cm)

LocationPollock-Krasner Foundation, New York

Untitled drawing, JP-CR 3:442r

DADA-Bild

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 10

Creator nameGrosz, George

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Monument to the Artist's Father

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameSchwitters, Kurt

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1922–1923

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPainted plywood

Dimensions49 15/16 x 10 1/2 x 16 1/16 in. (126.9 x 26.6 x 40.8 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/50203

Accession number1953.6.7

Monument to the Artist's Father

The Dancer

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator namePevsner, Antoine

Creator nationality/cultureRussian and French

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1927–1928

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBrass and celluloid

Dimensions31 7/8 x 13 1/2 x 11 in. (81 x 34.3 x 27.9 cm) including base

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/44052

Accession number1941.629

The Dancer

Torso of a Young Girl [II]

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 04

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1923

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWhite marble on limestone block

Dimensions13 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 in. (34.9 x 24.8 x 15.2 cm) on 6 1/8 x 9 x 8 3/4 in. (15.6 x 22.9 x 22.5 cm) base

Torso of a Young Girl [II]

Princess X

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 23

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1916

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPolished bronze

DimensionsH: 22 5/8 in. (57.4 cm)

LocationMuseé National d'Art Moderne, Paris

Princess X

Description: Brancusi's "Leda" (1920) in the garden of Katherine S. Dreier's...

Brancusi's "Leda" (1920) in the garden of Katherine S. Dreier's home in Milford, Connecticut

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1948

Object typePhotograph

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/99444

Accession number1984.127.85a-b

Brancusi's "Leda" (1920) in the garden...

Brancusi's "Leda" (1920) in the garden of Katherine S. Dreier's home in Milford, Connecticut

Fruit Bowl (Obstschale)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameKirchner, Ernst Ludwig

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1911

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood painted black

DimensionsH: 28.5 cm

LocationCollection of Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Bern

Fruit Bowl (Obstschale)

Caryatid

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1907

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsOak, partly painted

Dimensions80.5 x 24 x 20.8 cm

LocationMusée Picasso, Paris

https://www.navigart.fr/picassoparis/#/artwork/160000000000868?layout=grid&page=2&filters=tree_domain_all:Sculpture

Accession numberMP238

Caryatid

Reclining Nude I (Aurora)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameMatisse, Henri

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Dimensions13 9/16 x 19 5/8 x 11 in. (34.4 x 49.9 x 27.9 cm)

LocationBaltimore Mueum of Art

Accession number1950.429

Reclining Nude I (Aurora)

The Kiss

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 04

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Dimensions23 x 13 1/4 x 10 in. (58.4 x 33.7 x 25.4 cm)

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51306.html

Accession number1950-134-4

The Kiss

Little French Girl (The First Step III)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 11

Creator nameBrancusi, Constantin

Creator nationality/cultureRomanian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1914–1918

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsOak on pine base

Dimensions48 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.

LocationSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/661

Accession number53.1332

Little French Girl (The First Step III)

Description: Blue Girl's Head with Hanging Braids (Blauer Mädchenkopf mit hängenden...

Blue Girl's Head with Hanging Braids (Blauer Mädchenkopf mit hängenden Zöpfen)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameSchmidt-Rottluff, Karl

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1917

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsBlu-tinted wood

DimensionsH: 32 cm

LocationWhereabouts unknown. Image taken from Wilhelm Niemeyer, "Von Wesen und Wandlung der Plastik," "Genius; Zeitschrift für werdende und alte Kunst," 1:1 (1919): 86

Blue Girl's Head with Hanging Braids...

Blue Girl's Head with Hanging Braids (Blauer Mädchenkopf mit hängenden Zöpfen)

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