{"data":{"id":"3005","type":"artwork","attributes":{"id":3005,"topgoose_id":4747,"portfolio_id":null,"tms_id":3005,"title":"Forms in Space #1","display_artist_text":"John Storrs","display_date":"c. 1924","accession_number":"84.37","dimensions":"Overall: 77 × 13 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (195.6 × 34.9 × 21.3 cm)\r\nOverall (with base): 89 × 15 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (226.1 × 38.7 × 24.5 cm)","medium":"Marble","department":"collection","classification":"Sculpture","credit_line":"50th Anniversary Gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Friedman in honor of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Flora Whitney Miller, and Flora Miller Biddle","is_virtual":false,"is_portfolio":false,"portfolio_tms_id":null,"portfolio":null,"edition":null,"publication_info":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Storrs, \u003cem\u003eForms in Space #1\u003c/em\u003e, c. 1924. Marble, overall: 77 × 13 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (195.6 × 34.9 × 21.3 cm)\r\nOverall (with base): 89 × 15 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (226.1 × 38.7 × 24.5 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 50th Anniversary Gift of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Friedman in honor of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Flora Whitney Miller, and Flora Miller Biddle 84.37\u003c/p\u003e","object_label":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Storrs’s lifelong interest in the interrelationship between sculpture and architecture culminated in a series of works produced in 1923-24 that followed the essential contours and aesthetics of New York’s modern skyscrapers. \u003ci\u003eForms in Space #1\u003c/i\u003e is a solid, vertical block of marble, more than 7 feet tall, with a multiplaned façade and stepped silhouette. The stark marble and symmetrical, angular forms make it the most purely geometric and abstract of Storrs’s sculptures from this time. Moreover, the shallow, sharp-edged zigzags suggest the Art Deco style of the American Radiator Building and the Barclay-Vesey Building that were being constructed in New York City when this work was created.\u003c/p\u003e","ai_alt_text":"Tall wooden sculpture resembling a stepped skyscraper stands on a black pedestal in a gallery.","alt_text":null,"visual_description":null,"on_view":false,"created_at":"2017-08-30T15:52:13.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-04-06T06:00:08.100-04:00","images":[{"id":94832,"url":"https://whitneymedia.org/assets/artwork/3005/84_37a-b_vw1_cropped.jpg"}]},"relationships":{"artists":{"data":[{"id":"1295","type":"artist"}]}}}}