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Title

Stiff Box 12

Artist

Lucas Samaras

Physical Description

Made of thick steel, this sculpture has two very distinct halves. One on side, the thick sheet of steel gracefully curves around and back on itself, making loops and rounded edges. On the reverse, the steel is angular, jagged, and sharp, jutting into the spaces in the sculpture's interior and the space around the whole. At the very center of the piece, along the implied dividing line between the two sides, is a relatively small box.

Artist Life Dates

American, born Greece, 1936

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1971

Accession Number

1997/1.138

Medium and Support

Cor-Ten steel

relevance

rank 23.36643

Primary Keywords

abstraction

angular

boxes (containers)

curved

direct metal sculpture

geometric abstraction

steelwork

whiplash curves