Larry Elsner

American
(1930–1990)

Wooden Torso
Date unknown

Wood
12.625 x 3.875 x 3.375 in.
Museum Purchase with the Charter Member Endowment Fund
2000.24

• abstract - Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. For the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances, prefer "abstraction." For 20th-century art styles that were a reaction against the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature, use "Abstract (fine arts style)."
• curves - Lines having a locus that may be conceived to be traced by a moving point, the direction of motion continuously changing or deviating from a straight line. A closed curve is a path that repeats itself, and thus encloses one or more regions; simple examples include circles, ellipses, and polygons. Open curves such as parabolas, hyperbolas, and spirals have infinite length.
• cylinders
• sculpture
• torso
• wood

• Larry E. Elsner: Selected Works , 3/15/2016 - 7/29/2016