It Could Have Been Worse
Brenda Garand, Abenaki / American, born 1959
Abenaki
Woodlands
2013-2014
Steel, rope, roofing felt paper, wire, wool, and a fishing weight
Overall: 80 × 80 × 15 in. (203.2 × 203.2 × 38.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Acquisition and Preservation of Native American Art Fund, the Winky Fund, and the Kira Fournier and Benjamin Schore Sculpture Fund
2014.31
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Native American
Native American: Woodlands
Not on view
Exhibition History
Contemporary Abstraction: Works from the Hood Museum of Art's Permanent Collection, Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 4-March 13, 2016.
Drawing Lines, Dorothy and Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 10, 2021– September 4, 2022.
Provenance
The artist, Hartford, Vermont; sold to present collection, 2014.
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