Pamela Boden

English/American
(1905–1981)

The Magicians Castle
1950

Glued wood and modeling paste
39.5 x 52.25 x 34.25 in.
Gift of the Kathryn C. Wanlass Foundation
2019.3

Boden immigrated to the United States in 1945, where she lived in New York City, New Mexico, and ultimately California. In 1978, Boden’s friend from Paris, composer Peggy Glanville-Hicks, arranged for an exhibition of Boden’s work at the Australia Music Center in Sydney. Glanville-Hicks recruited six composers to each compose a unique score for one of Boden’s seven sculptures. Each sculpture was displayed on a rotating stand with its original musical score playing in the background. Typically using natural materials, Boden created a sense of motion in her work by gluing together small pieces of wood to portray surreal landscapes, birds, and animals.

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This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Women, Surrealism, and Abstraction , 8/25/2020 - 7/9/2022
• San Francisco: The Golden Age 1930-1960 , 6/18/2024 - 6/30/2025

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