Satoru Abe

Twin Trees

1961

Bronze sculpture with interlocking geometric shapes and protruding elements, displayed on a white pedestal.
Bronze sculpture with interlocking geometric shapes and protruding elements, displayed on a white pedestal.

Satoru Abe, Twin Trees, 1961. Braised copper on wood base, overall (with base): 24 1/8 × 38 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (61.3 × 98.4 × 21.3 cm) Overall: 22 3/16 × 38 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (56.4 × 98.4 × 21.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Mr. and Mrs. George W. Headley 63.37a-b

Recto

Not on view

Date
1961

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Braised copper on wood base

Dimensions
Overall (with base): 24 1/8 × 38 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (61.3 × 98.4 × 21.3 cm) Overall: 22 3/16 × 38 3/4 × 8 3/8 in. (56.4 × 98.4 × 21.3 cm)

Accession number
63.37a-b

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from Mr. and Mrs. George W. Headley

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/1761



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