Blue Eyes
Artist
Marjorie Schick
(American, 1941 - 2017)
Date1969
MediumBrass, bronze, and Plexiglas
DimensionsOverall: 36 1/4 × 17 1/4 × 16 inches (92.08 × 43.82 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist and family
Object number2016.62.5
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DescriptionMade of brass, bronze, and blue and orange Plexiglas, this large linear sculpture forms an abstracted horse’s head. The design of squares, rectangles, curves, and triangles, extends above and below a semi-circular collar. When worn, the sculpture, or necklace, would extend above and below the wearer’s neck. There are four circles of colored Plexiglas, two blue circles strategically placed to be reminiscent of eye glasses. Another yellow-orange circle on the left side of the work is placed a few inches lower than the blue “glasses”. Near the top of the piece there is an additional blue circle on the top right.ProvenanceThe artist, Pittsburg, KS, 1969-2016;
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Tacey A. Rosolowski, “Marjorie Schick: Objects of Self-Consciousness,” Metalsmith, vol. 24, no. 1 (Winter 2004): 25, (repro.).
Marjorie Schick and Tacey A. Rosolowski, Sculpture Transformed: The Work of Marjorie Schick, exh. cat. (Washington, D.C: International Arts and Artists, 2007), 8, (repro.).
Marjorie Schick and Tacey A. Rosolowski, Sculpture to Wear: The Jewelry of Marjorie Schick (Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2007), 33, 154, (repro.).
Copyright© Estate of Marjorie Schick
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