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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon  EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2011.
Big Mouth
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon  EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2011.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2011.

Big Mouth

Artist Billy Apple (American (born New Zealand), b. 1935)
CultureAmerican
Date1962
MediumPainted bronze
DimensionsOverall: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.1084
On View
Not on view
DescriptionPainted bronze sculpture of a slice of watermelon on a white plate with black seeds.

Label TextBilly Apple New Zealander, b. 1935 Big Mouth, 1962 Painted bronze Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.1084 Exhibition History"Apple Sees Red, Live Stills," Gallery One, Grosvenor Square, London, England, April 1963. "The American Supermarket," Bianchini Gallery, New York, N.Y., Fall 1964; El Signo Gallery, Rome, Italy, 1965. "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "The American Supermarket," The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 12 - October 5, 2003. "Remix: A Fresh Look At Our Modern And Contemporary Art Collections," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, November 2, 2011 - March 17, 2012.
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2016.
David Smith
1961
Color corrected by Ed Pollard-2017.
Alexander Calder
ca. 1970
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.
Sidney Gordin
1954
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2006.
Billy Morrow Jackson
ca. 1962
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Billy Morrow Jackson
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Billy Morrow Jackson
1960s
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Billy Morrow Jackson
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Billy Morrow Jackson
1962-1964
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Billy Morrow Jackson
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Billy Morrow Jackson
No Date
Scanned by Kaitlin Vaughan from a slide; color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
John Chamberlain
ca. 1963