Double Top

© DeWain Valentine / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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Double Top

United States, 1967
Sculpture
Fiberglass-reinforced polyester
54 x 76 x 54 in. (137.16 x 193.04 x 137.16 cm)
Gift of the Kleiner Foundation (M.73.38.16)
Modern Art
Not currently on public view

Label

De Wain Valentine has been fascinated by polished surfaces, shimmering colors, and aerospace materials since his youth in the Rocky Mountains, where he experimented with various plastics in shop class...
De Wain Valentine has been fascinated by polished surfaces, shimmering colors, and aerospace materials since his youth in the Rocky Mountains, where he experimented with various plastics in shop class and learned about automotive lacquers while working at his father’s garage. Double Top is a hollow, molded form with a surface that resembles the custom cars Valentine fell in love with as a teenager. Though Valentine would have preferred to cast the sculpture in liquid polyester resin, it was not until he developed his own product—Valentine MasKast Resin—that he could produce resin sculptures at a scale this large.

Exhibition label: Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2021, Carol S. Eliel.
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Bibliography

  • Eliel, Carol, editor. Light, Space, Surface: Art from Southern California. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2021.

  • Tuchman, Maurice. The Kleiner Foundation: Gift of Contemporary Art. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.


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