Monoceros
Lassaw‘s commitment to an open-ended art, begun without a predetermined image, links him to the Abstract Expressionists. Monoceros, Greek for "unicorn," is the name of a small constellation of stars. This work belongs to a series whose names all come from the night sky.
Artwork Details
- Title: Monoceros
- Artist: Ibram Lassaw (American (born Egypt), Alexandria 1913–2003 East Hampton, New York)
- Date: 1952
- Medium: Bronze and manganese bronze fused over galvanized wire
- Dimensions: 46 1/2 × 24 1/2 × 18 1/4 in. (118.1 × 62.2 × 46.4 cm)
Weight: 16.7 lb. (7.6 kg) - Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.32.35
- Rights and Reproduction: © Estate of Ibram Lassaw
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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