Stones from the River, table base / Dan Kvitka
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.153A
- Title
- Stones from the River, table base
- Artist
- Dan Kvitka
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1958
- Medium and Support
- Burmese Afzelia burl and Nigerian black ebony on wood table
- Object Creation Date
- 2000
- 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 Robert M. and Lillian Montalto Bohlen
- Dimensions
- 26.67 cm x 215.9 cm x 100.33 cm (10 1/2 in. x 85 in. x 39 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- abstract sculpture
- Secondary Object Classification
- Wood and Woodcarving
- Physical Description
- On a large, sinuous platform, twenty-two finished wood pieces are nestled within their respective positions; the pieces are comprised of large and small flat cylindrical shapes in shades of red and black.
- Subject Matter
- Wood vessels lie on a sinuous plaform evoking the image of scattered stones in a riverbed and (according to the artist) alluding to the Judaic tradition of Tashlich, during which sins are metaphorically tossed as stones into a river. According to Kvitka, “the orange ‘afzelia burl’ are the stones in the river; the pattern and movement of the grain mimics the whole piece… The ‘black ebony’ stones are the Tashlich stones, the stones containing both dark and light; they are us.”
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- river beds
- spirituality
- wood (sculpture by material)
- woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- descriptors
- european
- european styles and periods
- landscapes (environments)
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- natural landscapes
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- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
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- religious concepts
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- settlements and landscapes
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- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2944 x 1948
- File Size
- 763 KB
- Record
- 2002/2.153A
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.153a/2002_2.153aw.jpg
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"Stones from the River, table base; Dan Kvitka." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.153a/2002_2.153aw.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
