Sustaining Spirit XV
Artist
Helen Shirk(American, born 1942)American, born 1942
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Sustaining Spirit XV
Date1995
MediumCopper, patina, and Prismacolor colored pencil
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 × 23 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (21 × 60.3 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Fleur S. Bresler
Object number2025.197
Not on view
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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and DesignExhibition HistoryCurators’ Focus: Turning in Context, Woodturning Center, September 25-November 30, 1997
Published References Simon, Marjorie. “Helen Shirk: At Home in Nature.” Metalsmith 31, no. 1 (2011): 36–43. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Incised on base: H. Shrik / XV / Sustaining Spirit CV106 / 1995
Catalogue raisonnéN/A
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Dominic Di Mare
1981
Handmade rag paper, Japanese paper, ink and Prismacolor pencil, Hawthoren wood, plant lead, unspun raw silk, Golden Pheasant feathers, gold leaf, bone, ostrich egg beads, wood beads, watercolor, and plastic box
2025.28
