Sandcastle / Anne Truitt
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1984/2.57
- Title
- Sandcastle
- Artist
- Anne Truitt
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1921-2004
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on wood
- Object Creation Date
- 1963
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. H. Gates Lloyd
- Style/Group/Movement
- minimalist
- Inscription
- Signed and dated bottom center: Truitt / '63 - 20 Nov '72
- Dimensions
- 278 cm x 47.2 cm x 20.3 cm (109 7/16 in. x 18 9/16 in. x 8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Physical Description
- A long, low rectangular with a painted band of green extends around the rectangle at floor level. The upper half is painted off-white. About three fourths of the length is uniform. The other quarter, at the viewer's right, has several features: two depressed areas, and two raised areas, which are painted in a brighter white.
- Subject Matter
- Anne Truitt's painted minimalist sculpture incorporates two distinct themes: first, a formalistic approach to shape and the exploration of minimalist form and the relationship between color and form; second, a distinct subject matter -- here a sandcastle and the associated themes of play.
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- acrylic painting (visual work)
- childhood
- minimal
- play (recreation)
- sand
- wood (sculpture by material)
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- combination inorganic/organic material
- culture and related concepts
- culture-related concepts
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- life
- life stages
- materials
- materials by composition
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- recreation
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- soil
- soil by composition or origin
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1475 x 483
- File Size
- 28 KB
- Record
- 1984/2.57
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1984-sl-2.57/1984_2.57.jpg
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"Sandcastle; Anne Truitt." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1984-sl-2.57/1984_2.57.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.