Stephan von Huene

Persistent Yet Unsuccessful Swordsman

1965

A vintage leather prosthetic arm and hand with laced forearm cuff displayed upright on a wooden stand.
A vintage leather prosthetic arm and hand with laced forearm cuff displayed upright on a wooden stand.

Stephan von Huene, Persistent Yet Unsuccessful Swordsman, 1965. Leather, wood, laces and nails, overall: 27 7/16 × 7 3/4 × 6 3/16 in. (69.7 × 19.7 × 15.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. 68.44a-b

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Not on view

Date
1965

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Leather, wood, laces and nails

Dimensions
Overall: 27 7/16 × 7 3/4 × 6 3/16 in. (69.7 × 19.7 × 15.7 cm)

Accession number
68.44a-b

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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