About the Artwork
Between 1959 and 1961, di Suvero made his first group of sculptures, seven large works constructed mostly of scavenged wood from nearby razed buildings, but also including chains and ropes. Full of burly energy and unlikely grace, Tom projects the powerful gestures of the Abstract Expressionists into three dimensions.
Tom
1959
Mark di Suvero
born 1933
American
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Wood, metal, rope, and wire cable
Overall: 108 × 120 × 144 inches (274.3 cm × 304.8 cm × 3 m 65.8 cm)
Sculpture
Contemporary Art after 1950
Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund and contribution from Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr.
74.5
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Inscribed, titled with nails: TOM
Provenance
the artist;Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr.;
1974-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Monte, James K. Mark di Suvero. Exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, 1975, pp. 20-21 (ill.).
Bulletin of the DIA 53, no. 2 (1975): p. 59 (ill.).
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Mark di Suvero, Tom, 1959, wood, metal, rope, and wire cable. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Friends of Modern Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund and contribution from Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr., 74.5.
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