Nancy Stevenson Graves and Tallix Foundry, Peekskill, New York
Gravilev
1968-1979
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze with polychrome patina on brass and painted steel base, 88 x 143 x 32 in. (223.6 x 363.3 x 81.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Ryda and Robert H. Levi, Baltimore; and partial gift of Jerry Sherman, Baltimore
Object Number
1999.342
Skeleton of camel, cast in bronze with polychome patina, mounted on brass pole attached to steel base with red painted wheels.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase/gift, 1999; Dr. Jerry Sherman by purchase 1984 from the artist through M. Knoedler & Company, New York
E.A. Carmean, et. al., The Sculpture of Nancy Graves: A Catalogue Raisonne, Hudson Hills Press, New York, in association with The Forth Worth Art Museum, Cat. 57, illustrated, p.77.
Emily Wasserman, 'A Conversation with Nancy Graves,' Art Forum, October, 1970, pp.42-47.
Inscribed: Inscribed on third vertebra from skull: 'N.S. Graves 1969-1980', and above, foundry mark (T and X crossed) for Tallix
Artist
Nancy Stevenson Graves
1938–1994
born Pittsfield, MA 1939; died New York, NY 1995
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