Sahl Swarz

Tree of Oracles
1957

A bronze sculpture of a tall, slender figure with abstract, elongated features and a hole where the face should be, standing on a square base. The figure's arms are raised and bent at the elbows, hands meeting above its head in a loop. The surface of the sculpture is textured with inscriptions and patterns.
A bronze sculpture of a tall, slender figure with abstract, elongated features and a hole where the face should be, standing on a square base. The figure's arms are raised and bent at the elbows, hands meeting above its head in a loop. The surface of the sculpture is textured with inscriptions and patterns.

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Date
1957

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Bronze

Dimensions
Overall: 59 7/8 × 18 9/16 × 17 3/16in. (152.1 × 47.1 × 43.7 cm) Overall (with base): 66 1/16 × 33 9/16 × 32 1/8in. (167.8 × 85.2 × 81.6 cm)

Accession number
57.46

Edition
Unique

Publication
Cast by Nicci Foundry

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Living Arts Foundation Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Sahl Swarz
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