Fish Lurking
Although Jean Tinguely and others have accustomed museum visitors to sculpture made of abandoned materials, it was still quite innovative when Stankiewicz made this work. It was included in the now-famous 1959 show at the Museum of Modern Art, “Sixteen Americans,” where Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Ellsworth Kelly, and others were first presented to a wide public.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fish Lurking
- Artist: Richard Stankiewicz (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1922–1983 Huntington, Massachusetts)
- Date: 1958
- Geography: Country of Origin United States
- Medium: Iron and steel
- Dimensions: 48 1/2 × 28 × 44 in., 134.2 lb. (123.2 × 71.1 × 111.8 cm, 60.9 kg)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.32.59
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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