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Sustaining Spirit XV
Sustaining Spirit XV
ArtistAmerican, 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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ProvenanceThe artist, [Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA, 1997]; purchased by Fleur Bresler, Philadelphia, 1997; given to MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition 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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