Martin Puryear, Untitled, 1975–78
Images of Martin Puryear, Untitled

- Short A wooden branch with sharpened ends leans against a white wall. It is bent in half at an acute angle.
- Short A brown branch, darkened in the middle that and the ends, is bent in the middle. It leans and casts a shadow against a white wall.
Untitled, 1975–78
Osage orangewood, and maple and brass studs
86 × 49 ½ × 9 in. (218.4 × 125.7 × 22.9 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of the Collectors Group, Men’s Council, and Women’s Board; Vaklova Purchase Award, and purchase grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council, 1985.15
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Untitled, 1975–78
Osage orangewood, and maple and brass studs
86 × 49 ½ × 9 in. (218.4 × 125.7 × 22.9 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of the Collectors Group, Men’s Council, and Women’s Board; Vaklova Purchase Award, and purchase grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council, 1985.15
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Untitled, 1975–78
Osage orangewood, and maple and brass studs
86 × 49 ½ × 9 in. (218.4 × 125.7 × 22.9 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of the Collectors Group, Men’s Council, and Women’s Board; Vaklova Purchase Award, and purchase grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council, 1985.15
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

- Short What appears to be a brown, textured horn or branch angles from the top left to bottom right of the photograph's frame. The top of the object is a darker shade of brown, as if worn or burnt.
Untitled, 1975–78
Osage orangewood, and maple and brass studs
86 × 49 ½ × 9 in. (218.4 × 125.7 × 22.9 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of the Collectors Group, Men’s Council, and Women’s Board; Vaklova Purchase Award, and purchase grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council, 1985.15
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

- Short What appears to be a brown, textured horn or branch is sharply curved, with the peak of the curve near the top of this photograph. The object extends outside of the boundary of the image.
Untitled, 1975–78
Osage orangewood, and maple and brass studs
86 × 49 ½ × 9 in. (218.4 × 125.7 × 22.9 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of the Collectors Group, Men’s Council, and Women’s Board; Vaklova Purchase Award, and purchase grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council, 1985.15
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

- Short What appears to be a brown, textured horn or branch curves from the top to bottom of the photograph's frame. The top of the object is a darker shade of brown, as if worn or burnt.
Untitled, 1975–78
Osage orangewood, and maple and brass studs
86 × 49 ½ × 9 in. (218.4 × 125.7 × 22.9 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of the Collectors Group, Men’s Council, and Women’s Board; Vaklova Purchase Award, and purchase grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council, 1985.15
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

- Short What appears to be a brown, textured horn or branch curves from the top to bottom of the photograph's frame. The top of the object is a darker shade of brown, as if worn or burnt.
Untitled, 1975–78
Osage orangewood, and maple and brass studs
86 × 49 ½ × 9 in. (218.4 × 125.7 × 22.9 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of the Collectors Group, Men’s Council, and Women’s Board; Vaklova Purchase Award, and purchase grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council, 1985.15
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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