Sweet William

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© John Chamberlain / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Sweet William

United States, 1962
Sculpture
Welded and painted metal on a hardwood base
61 × 74 × 43 in. (154.94 × 187.96 × 109.22 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Adler in memory of Mrs. Esther Steif Rosen through the Contemporary Art Council (M.63.58)
Modern Art
Currently on public view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3

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John Chamberlain’s sculptures display his ability to manipulate detritus in the same way other artists use traditional materials such as oil paint or marble....
John Chamberlain’s sculptures display his ability to manipulate detritus in the same way other artists use traditional materials such as oil paint or marble. Building on the assemblage tradition, he transformed used car parts and scrap metal into expressive and poetic portraits (as he classified them) that echo the emotional and dynamic power of Abstract Expressionism. Despite their unorthodox mediums, Chamberlain’s works adhere to traditional sculptural principles of composition, monumentality, implied motion, light, and shadow.

Wall label, 2021.
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Bibliography

  • Waldman, Diane. John Chamberlain: A Retrospective Exhibition. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1971.
  • Tuchman, Maurice, ed. American Sculpture of the Sixties. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1967.
  • Waldman, Diane. John Chamberlain: A Retrospective Exhibition. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1971.
  • Tuchman, Maurice, ed. American Sculpture of the Sixties. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1967.
  • Tuchman, Maurice.  Ten Years of Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions: Inaugurating The New Contemporary Art Galleries.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
  • Barron, Stephanie and Lauren Bergman.  Ken Price Sculpture: a Retrospective. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico, 2012.
  • Seldis, Henry J. "West Coast Milestone." Art in America 53, no.2 (1965): 92-109.
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