Lao Tzu
Di Suvero, Mark
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Date
1991-1996Description
Detail showing upper part; Lao Tzu was not enlarged from a smaller model nor was it built in a foundry. Rather, artist Mark di Suvero gathered the materials necessary to realize his vision and, using a construction crane and platform, begin to assemble sixteen tons of steel I-beams and sheet-metal arcs. For four years, he rearranged these components in his Long Island City studio. The Denver Art Museum bought the sculpture in 1995, and it was trucked in pieces to Colorado so that di Suvero could make the final decision about exactly where it should be placed. Source: Denver Art Museum [website]; http://www.denverartmuseum.org/ (accessed 7/8/2008)
Type of Work
sculpture (visual work)Subject
abstraction or non-objective, contemporary (1960 to present), Modernist, Twentieth century
Rights
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