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Fayum-Re

Artist Nancy Graves (1939 - 1995)

Date1982

MediumBronze with polychrome patina

Dimensions77 1/2 in. × 78 in. × 57 in. (196.9 × 198.1 × 144.8 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Agnes Gund, 2014.23

Signedlower pink element: N.S. Graves 5'82 FA YUM-RE

Accession number 2014.23

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Provenanceto Nancy Graves Foundation, New York, NY; Agnes Gund, New York, NY [b. 1938]; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2014
Label TextWhile modern and abstract in the colorful combination of forms, this sculpture is rooted in nature. The central elements in Fayum-Re are directly cast into bronze from Monstera leaves, a tropical plant. All the elements together represent geographical features on a three-dimensional map. The blue forms refer to rivers and the pink forms refer to the Fayum Delta region of Egypt, which Graves visited in 1981.