Robert Arneson Self Portrait Of Artist Losing His Marbles

His face seems to be pushed up against a piece of transparent glass that flattens his nose into a piggish snout while his wild hair and wrinkled features expresss the tension and anxiety that characterize his state of mind.

Robert arneson self portrait of artist losing his marbles.

May 30 2013 self portrait of the artist losing his marbles by robert arneson was the result of a bust being overheated in the kiln. 9 10 417 lenox avenue 1964. Ed kienholz the state hospital 1964 66. Collection of the museum of art and design new york his first full scale ceramic self portrait and a breakthrough in his career.

Play green coco cola bottles andy warhol 1962 marilyn diptych andy warhol 1962 green car crash andy warhol 1963 watching the good trains go by romare bearden 1964 evening. Self portrait of the artist losing his marbles 1965 by robert arneson on curiator the world s biggest collaborative art collection. The genre of self portraiture which is rife with art historical implications would preoccupy arneson for the. Romare bearden watching the good trains go by 1964.

Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Also on view was arneson s seminal work self portrait of the artist losing his marbles 1965. This unsettled effect reaches its apotheosis in his surprisingly noble looking self portrait of the artist losing his marbles 1965 on loan from the museum of arts design in which marbles. Marisol escobar the party.

A shiny luster glaze in shades of oxidized bronze and. 31 x 17 1 2 x 9 1 2 in. Start studying art history exam ii. 78 7 x 44 5 x 24 1 cm.

From the fractured spilt approximately one dozen marbles spill out to the base. Robert arneson 1930 1992 was a bay area artist fully deserving of the love he received from the arts community and his absence from the local scene since his death from cancer has been widely felt. 9 10 417 lenox avenue romare bearden 1964 la primavera roman bearden 1967 the state hospital ed kienholz 1964 1966. When the sculpture split robert arneson decided to glue marbles into the crack rather than throw away the entire sculpture.

The bust stands on a round fluted base.