Three Gold Rings, from Ringed Series / Todd Hoyer
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.145
- Title
- Three Gold Rings, from Ringed Series
- Artist
- Todd Hoyer
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1952
- Medium and Support
- eucalyptus, imitation gold leaf
- Object Creation Date
- 1991
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Arizona (state)
- Bisbee
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Arizona (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Bisbee
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
- Dimensions
- 29 cm x 19 cm x 19 cm (11 7/16 in. x 7 1/2 in. x 7 1/2 in.)
- Century
- late 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Wood and Woodcarving
- Primary Object Type
- vessel
- Physical Description
- A bulbous vessel with narrow mouth and base. The wood is burned and cracked and circled by three gold bands, two of which overlap.
- burnt wood vessel with gold
- Subject Matter
- A turned wood vessel that addresses relationships and time--togetherness, loss, and death. The loose ring of gold represents the artist's wife, from whom the artist separated before her death. The two overlapping rings represent the artist and his daughter.
- Primary Keywords
- burning
- deaths
- families
- memory
- mortality
- pyrography
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- wood (plant material)
- woodworking
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
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- social groups
- social science concepts
- surface marking processes and techniques
- wood and wood products
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1552 x 2028
- File Size
- 419 KB
- Record
- 2002/2.145
- Link to this Item
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"Three Gold Rings, from Ringed Series; Todd Hoyer." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.145/2002_2.145.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.