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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Cave Paintings
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Cave Paintings

Artist (born 1947)
Artist (born 1952)
Date2013
MediumBlack walnut
Dimensions8 × 2 × 1 3/4 in. (20.3 × 5.1 × 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Fleur S. Bresler, 2024.51
Accession number 2024.51
On View
On view
Provenance(Echo Lake Collaborative Conference, Newtown, PA), June 12–15, 2013, Echo Lake XV: Our Heads Are Round So Our Thinking Can Change Direction Charity Auction; purchased by Fleur S. Bresler, Rockville, MD, 2013; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2024
Label TextNorm Sartorius creates spoons as sculptural meditations on the qualities of wood. Working with species from across the globe, he carves each spoon in response to a piece’s unique physiology. His earlier works, such as Ladle, adhere to the function and form of a spoon. It wasn’t until buyers hesitated to use his spoons that he considered making them nonfunctional. Long and Lean embraces the irregular pattern of York gum burl, leading to a finished piece that pushes the form of a spoon into abstract sculpture.

Norm Sartorius crea cucharas como meditaciones escultóricas sobre las cualidades de la madera. Trabajando con especies de todo el mundo, talla cada cuchara en respuesta a la fisiología única de cada pieza. Sus primeras obras, como Cucharón, se apegan a la función y la forma de una cuchara. No fue hasta que los compradores dudaron en usar sus cucharas que consideró hacerlas no funcionales. Larga y delgada acoge el patrón irregular del nudo de la madera York gum, creando una pieza acabada que convierte la forma de una cuchara en una escultura abstracta.
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Norm Sartorius
1998
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Norm Sartorius
1999
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Norm Sartorius
1999
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Norm Sartorius
2000
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Bob Stocksdale
1993
Courtesy DC Moore Gallery, New York
Mary Frank
1964-1965
Photo: the Artist.
Leon Niehues
2015
Photo: the Artist.
Leon Niehues
2017
Photo: Andy Hope.
Laurel Roth Hope
2013