Standing Form #5
Date
1962
Creator
Location
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Through the late 1950s and into the early 1960s, Hunt's sculptures evolved into their most linear forms, taking the concept of "drawing in space" to a poetic resolution far beyond [Julio] González's introductory explorations...Standing Form, #5, 1962, is a tall, slender pole resembling the skeletal form of a two-jointed leg. It is made of found objects, including a bolt at the top, which might be the alert eye of this invented creature. The Standing Form series foretold Hunt's future interest in African art; art historian Sharon Patton likens them to African staffs and throwing knives. from Loving, Richard Hunt: Extending Form (Notre Dame, 2012)
![Through the late 1950s and into the early 1960s, Hunt's sculptures evolved into their most linear forms, taking the concept of "drawing in space" to a poetic resolution far beyond [Julio] González's introductory explorations...Standing Form, #5, 1962, is a tall, slender pole resembling the skeletal form of a two-jointed leg. It is made of found objects, including a bolt at the top, which might be the alert eye of this invented creature. The Standing Form series foretold Hunt's future interest in African art; art historian Sharon Patton likens them to African staffs and throwing knives.
from Loving, Richard Hunt: Extending Form (Notre Dame, 2012)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif-image.library.nd.edu%2Fiiif%2F2%2F2008.038%2F2008_038-v0001%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![Through the late 1950s and into the early 1960s, Hunt's sculptures evolved into their most linear forms, taking the concept of "drawing in space" to a poetic resolution far beyond [Julio] González's introductory explorations...Standing Form, #5, 1962, is a tall, slender pole resembling the skeletal form of a two-jointed leg. It is made of found objects, including a bolt at the top, which might be the alert eye of this invented creature. The Standing Form series foretold Hunt's future interest in African art; art historian Sharon Patton likens them to African staffs and throwing knives.
from Loving, Richard Hunt: Extending Form (Notre Dame, 2012)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif-image.library.nd.edu%2Fiiif%2F2%2F2008.038%2F2008_038-v0002%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![Through the late 1950s and into the early 1960s, Hunt's sculptures evolved into their most linear forms, taking the concept of "drawing in space" to a poetic resolution far beyond [Julio] González's introductory explorations...Standing Form, #5, 1962, is a tall, slender pole resembling the skeletal form of a two-jointed leg. It is made of found objects, including a bolt at the top, which might be the alert eye of this invented creature. The Standing Form series foretold Hunt's future interest in African art; art historian Sharon Patton likens them to African staffs and throwing knives.
from Loving, Richard Hunt: Extending Form (Notre Dame, 2012)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif-image.library.nd.edu%2Fiiif%2F2%2F2008.038%2F2008_038-v0003%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![Through the late 1950s and into the early 1960s, Hunt's sculptures evolved into their most linear forms, taking the concept of "drawing in space" to a poetic resolution far beyond [Julio] González's introductory explorations...Standing Form, #5, 1962, is a tall, slender pole resembling the skeletal form of a two-jointed leg. It is made of found objects, including a bolt at the top, which might be the alert eye of this invented creature. The Standing Form series foretold Hunt's future interest in African art; art historian Sharon Patton likens them to African staffs and throwing knives.
from Loving, Richard Hunt: Extending Form (Notre Dame, 2012)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif-image.library.nd.edu%2Fiiif%2F2%2F2008.038%2F2008_038-v0004%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![Through the late 1950s and into the early 1960s, Hunt's sculptures evolved into their most linear forms, taking the concept of "drawing in space" to a poetic resolution far beyond [Julio] González's introductory explorations...Standing Form, #5, 1962, is a tall, slender pole resembling the skeletal form of a two-jointed leg. It is made of found objects, including a bolt at the top, which might be the alert eye of this invented creature. The Standing Form series foretold Hunt's future interest in African art; art historian Sharon Patton likens them to African staffs and throwing knives.
from Loving, Richard Hunt: Extending Form (Notre Dame, 2012)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiiif-image.library.nd.edu%2Fiiif%2F2%2F2008.038%2F2008_038-v0005%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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