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Artist:
Waylande Gregory, born Baxter Springs, KS 1905-died Elizabeth, NJ 1971  Search this
Medium:
terra cotta on glazed ware base
Dimensions:
23 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (59.7 x 29.1 x 34.0 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1933
Luce Center Label:
Waylande Gregory created many sculptures of figures and heads throughout his career, including portraits of Albert Einstein, Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, and Henry Fonda. Head of a Woman was modeled in 1933, possibly just after the artist moved to New Jersey, and depicts an unidentified sitter. The use of unglazed terra-cotta, a waterproof earthenware used in bricks, suggests that Gregory may have been experimenting with outdoor sculpture.
Luce Object Quote:
"Nature . . . transforms raw clay into vitreous stone; powdered glaze into lava and crystal; pasty colors into ringing hues; earthy clamminess into cool and sonorous vitreous ceramic." Waylande Gregory, American Artist, September 1944
Topic:
Figure female\head  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of International Business Machines Corporation
Object number:
1966.27.3
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 48A
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk774a6614e-c505-43ef-93f7-d5573567aae0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1966.27.3