Is, Was (Deep)
Artist
Christopher Wilmarth
(American, 1943-1987)
CultureAmerican
Date1975-76
MediumEtched plate glass and steel
DimensionsOverall: 48 x 72 x 48 in. (121.9 x 182.9 x 121.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number95.27
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a freestanding sculpture composed of a single sheet of steel and a large sheet of etched, translucent glass. The larger, vertical glass section is shaped like a rectangle with a cutout section that fits into the the smaller steel section. The steel is horizontal and vertical: horizontally, triangles point away from the center of the glass, creating a space like a bench. Vertically, the roughcast steel jets upward in a rectangle, intersecting with the glass.Label TextChristopher Wilmarth American, 1943–1987 Is, Was (Deep), 1975–76 Etched plate glass and steel Museum purchase 95.27 ProvenanceThe artist (1943-1987); the Artist's Estate; Sidney Janis Gallery; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, 1995. Exhibition History"Christopher Wilmarth," Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, N.Y., March 1995. Published ReferencesRobert G. Edelman, "Christopher Wilmarth at Sidney Janis," _Art in America_ 83, no. 6 (June 1995): 103. Deirdre Stein Greben, "Christopher Wilmarth: Sidney Janis," _ARTNews_ 94 (Summer 1995): 123. Michael Kimmelman, "Christoper Wilmarth" _The New York Times_ (March 17, 1995): C-29. Mark Stevens, "On View: Melancholy Brilliance," _New York Magazine_ (March 13, 1995). Martha N. Hagood and Jefferson C. Harrison, _American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005), 249, no. 153. ISBN: 0-940744-71-6
mid-to-late 18th century
