Evolution/Revolution Totem

Artist Tom Corbin (American, 1954)

Date1990; cast 2025

MediumBronze with limestone base

DimensionsOverall: 89 × 13 × 13 inches (226.06 × 33.02 × 33.02 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number2025.47.2

Edition/State/Proofed. 50

On View

Not on view

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DescriptionThis is a tall, narrow bronze sculpture set on a limestone base. At the top of the sculpture is a male torso figure with no head, and with only part of his arms and legs. There is a long, narrow bronze rod connecting the figure to the base of the sculpture. Along the bronze rod are several sculpture details; there is a double-sided hammer / axe, a bent nail, a series of shapes which look like crescent moons, a shape which appears to be a compass, and a rocket, among other miscellaneous shapes. There is no color added to the dark bronze or the lighter limestone base.Provenance

Provenance

The artist;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

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