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Prince Andrei
Photo: the Artist.

Prince Andrei

Artist (born 1951)
Date2017
MediumWhite oak, natural walnut-hull dye, ferrous sulfate dye, stainless steel and brass machine screws
Dimensions25 3/4 × 16 × 14 in. (65.4 × 40.6 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Purchased with the Fund for Craft, 2025.5
Signedinterior, in black ink: Leon Niehues #49-2017
Accession number 2025.5
On View
On view
Provenancepurchased from the Artist by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2025
Label TextLeon Niehues’s process begins in the woods around his home in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas. After harvesting and debarking a White Oak, he carefully uses the Ozark split knife method to separate the wood along the tree’s growth rings, making fine, pliable strips. Using these traditional techniques, Niehues creates lyrical, gestural works that blur the lines between basket and sculpture.

Some of his works, such as Prince Andrei, take on a human quality while others, like Bentwood Sphere, explore line and volume.

El proceso creativo de Leon Niehues comienza en los bosques que rodean su casa en las montañas Boston en Arkansas. Después de cosechar y descortezar un roble blanco, utiliza cuidadosamente la técnica del Ozark para separar la madera con cuchillo siguiendo los anillos de crecimiento del árbol, creando tiras finas y flexibles. Gracias a estas técnicas tradicionales, Niehues crea obras líricas y gestuales que difuminan los límites entre una cesta y una escultura.

Algunas de sus obras, como Príncipe Andrei, adquieren una cualidad humana, mientras que otras, como Esfera de madera curvada, exploran las líneas y el volumen.
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