Construction No. 194
Leroy Lamis, American, 1923 - 2010
1970
Green, white, and light blue Plexiglas construction
Overall: 36 1/4 × 18 1/2 × 10 in. (92.1 × 47 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Virginia and Preston T. Kelsey 1958 Fund
2012.41
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on bottom: Lamis #194 11-6-1970 / At Dartmouth
Course History
WRIT 5, Expository Writing, William Craig, Winter 2014
Exhibition History
In Residence: Contemporary Art at Dartmouth, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 18-July 6, 2014.
Leroy Lamis, The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana: September 7-October 7, 1979.
New Materials / New Approaches, D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York, New York, February 9-April 28, 2012.
Robert D.Kinsman, "Leroy Lamis: Romantic Classicist” in Leroy Lamis, exh. cat. Terre Haute, Indiana: The Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, 1979.
Publication History
Emily Lentz (essay), New Materials / New Approaches, New York: D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., 2012, p. 35.
Michael R. Taylor and Gerald Auten, In Residence: Contemporary Artists at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2013, ill. p. 55 , no. 38
Provenance
The artist, made during his time as Artist-in-Residence, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 6, 1970; D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2012
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