Seek for the Self
circa 1972
12 3/4 x 12 x 10 in. (32.4 x 30.5 x 25.4 cm)
Daniel Rhodes
American
(Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1911 - 1989, Reno, Nevada)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Ceramic and fiberglass
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1972.5
Location: Not currently on view
A professor at the Alfred University School of Ceramics, Daniel Rhodes pioneered a technique that embedded fiberglass strips with ceramic, thereby increasing sculptural potential of the medium. Layer by layer, the ‘self’ in the sculpture is simultaneously hidden and revealed.
Oct. 2011/Folk Art Case
M. Searl