Stones from the River, vessel 12/22 / Dan Kvitka

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Accession Number
2002/2.153M
Title
Stones from the River, vessel 12/22
Artist
Dan Kvitka
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
(active Los Angeles, California, 1958 - )
Medium and Support
Burmese Afzelia burl
Object Creation Date
2000
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Dimensions
10.8 cm x 12.07 cm (4 1/4 in. x 4 3/4 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary 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.”
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2944 x 1948
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Record
2002/2.153M
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"Stones from the River, vessel 12/22; Dan Kvitka." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-2.153m/2002_2.153aw.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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