Richard Shaw

Mike Goes Back to T.
1980

A whimsical sculpture made from assorted objects including a paint can for the torso, a brush and a bamboo stick for arms, a book for the pelvis, wooden sticks for legs, a wine bottle for one foot, and a paint can lid for the base. The head is a smaller paint can with a patterned design, positioned atop the figure like a hat. The sculpture stands against a neutral gray background.

A whimsical sculpture made from assorted objects including a paint can for the torso, a brush and a bamboo stick for arms, a book for the pelvis, wooden sticks for legs, a wine bottle for one foot, and a paint can lid for the base. The head is a smaller paint can with a patterned design, positioned atop the figure like a hat. The sculpture stands against a neutral gray background.

Not on view

Date
1980

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Glazed porcelain with overglaze transfers

Dimensions
Overall: 41 3/8 × 14 × 16 5/8in. (105.1 × 35.6 × 42.2 cm)

Accession number
81.4

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Burroughs Wellcome Purchase Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/720

Exhibitions

Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019

Nov 22, 2019–Feb 20, 2022

Richard Shaw
1 work in the collection

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