Adam
Artist
Lin Emery
(American, b. 1928)
CultureAmerican
Date1955
MediumCopper | Bronze
DimensionsOverall: 73 x 26 x 23 in. (185.4 x 66 x 58.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.3420
Not on view
DescriptionThis object is an abstract welded copper and bronze sculpture.Label TextLin Emery American, b. 1928 Adam, 1955 Copper and bronze In Adam, Lin Emery evokes the biblical story of the first humans. Rather than creating a naturalistic portrayal, the artist presents her subject as a semi-abstraction. Interlocking, rough-hewn, geometric shapes evoke a head, torso, and the limbs of a seated male figure. Emery was influenced by Cubism, a style of painting originating in early 20th-century Europe, in which images were fractured and reduced to two-dimensional shapes. In using the modern style, the artist produces a connection between the supposed first man and the idea of the earliest forms of design. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.3420 Exhibition History"Orleans Gallery: The Founders," The Historic New Orleans Collection, La., September 15 - November 13, 1982. "Lin Emery: Borrowing the Forces of Nature," New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, La., April 13 - June 9, 1996. "Women of the Chrysler: a 400-Year Celebration of the Arts," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - July 18, 2010. Published ReferencesJohn A. Mahé II, _Orleans Gallery: The Founders_, The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans, La., 1982, 19-20.
