Untitled / Robert Morris
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.130
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Robert Morris
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1931
- Medium and Support
- sculptmetal, plaster, oil, zinc photographic plate, lead plate and burlap on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- 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)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Minimalism
- Inscription
- Verso, inscribed in red paint, l.r. of canvas: 65.33
- Dimensions
- 180.98 cm x 180.34 cm x 11.43 cm (71 1/4 in. x 71 in. x 4 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- shaped canvas
- Secondary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Secondary Object Type
- assemblage
- Physical Description
- three aluminum-painted canvas panels joined in the back to form a square, with five inlays of Sculptmetal, zinc photographic plates and lead
- Subject Matter
- Literal and straightforward references to the body have been “frozen” into the soft, manipulable Sculptmetal and lead plates, which are set into the canvas and flush with the surface. The photographic plate has an image of a fired bullet from an earlier Morris lead piece.
- Secondary Keywords
- arms
- descriptors
- design elements
- genres
- geometric shapes
- hands
- human body
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern and contemporary art
- motifs
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- rectangles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- the natural world
- visual and tactile
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 967 x 1072
- File Size
- 70 KB
- Record
- 1997/1.130
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.130/1997_1.130.jpg
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"Untitled; Robert Morris." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.130/1997_1.130.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.