Untitled
Artist
Marc Swanson
(American, born 1969)
CultureAmerican
Date2009
MediumPlastic, crystals, flannel bag
Dimensions2 3/4 × 8 × 6 1/4 in. (7 × 20.3 × 15.9 cm)
PortfolioFrom the Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project
Credit LineGifts of Lynn Gumpert in memory of Amy L. Brandt (1978-2015), the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art from 2011 to 2015
Object number2016.26.7
Not on view
DescriptionAntlers covered with cyrstals. Deer imagery, often heads or antlers encrusted with white or black crystals, has figured into his often totemic work from the beginning of career, as an element of personal history.ProvenanceThe work was a December 2009 gift of the Peter Norton, Los Angeles, who commissioned it from the artist. The work was a gift to the donor, Lynn Gumpert, from Peter Norton. Lynn Gumpert donated the work to the Chrysler Museum of Art in September 2016.
20th century
1825-1875
19th century
Louis Comfort Tiffany