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Adaline Kent
Finder1953

Not on view
Tall abstract marble or plaster sculpture with a tapered base splitting into two shafts topped by four smooth, wave-like rounded lobes
Tall abstract sculpture in white marble and metal, with a narrow bifurcated base rising to three overlapping crescent or spoon-shaped forms across the top, smooth matte surfaces with subtle modeling.

Adaline Kent, Finder, 1953, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Galen Kent Howard Hilgard in memory of her sister Ellen Kent Howard, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Maker
Adaline Kent
United States, 1900–1957
Title
Finder
Date Made
1953
Medium
Whitewashed concrete
Dimensions
a) Top: 10 × 40 × 10 in. (25.4 × 101.6 × 25.4 cm) b) Bottom: 64 × 13 1/2 × 12 in. (162.56 × 34.29 × 30.48 cm) a-b) Overall: 70 × 40 × 12 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Galen Kent Howard Hilgard in memory of her sister Ellen Kent Howard
Accession Number
M.2012.127a-b
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • DiQuinzio, Apsara. Adaline Kent: The Click of Authenticity. New York: Rizzoli Electa; Reno: Nevada Museum of Art, 2023.
Copyright
© Museum Associates / LACMA

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