Richard Stankiewicz

Kabuki Dancer

1956

Tall vertical sculpture made from rusted scrap metal parts, including pots, gears, and curved rods.
Tall vertical sculpture made from rusted scrap metal parts, including pots, gears, and curved rods.

Richard Stankiewicz, Kabuki Dancer, 1956. Iron and steel, overall (with base): 83 1/2 × 26 3/4 × 27 5/16 in. (212.1 × 67.9 × 69.4 cm) Overall: 79 3/8 × 26 3/4 × 27 5/16 in. (201.6 × 67.9 × 69.4 cm) Base: 4 1/8 × 24 × 26 1/16 in. (10.5 × 61 × 66.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 57.12

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Date
1956

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Iron and steel

Dimensions
Overall (with base): 83 1/2 × 26 3/4 × 27 5/16 in. (212.1 × 67.9 × 69.4 cm) Overall: 79 3/8 × 26 3/4 × 27 5/16 in. (201.6 × 67.9 × 69.4 cm) Base: 4 1/8 × 24 × 26 1/16 in. (10.5 × 61 × 66.2 cm)

Accession number
57.12

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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