Moonmad
Date1944
MediumPainted and varnished plaster
Dimensions38½ x 13 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.
97.8 x 34.0 x 35.9 cm
97.8 x 34.0 x 35.9 cm
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from the Friends of Modern Art and the W. Hawkins Ferry Tribute Fund
Object number1986.102
ClassificationsSculpture
Curator NotesUpright, anthropomorphic figure in painted and varnished plaster, cast from found objects. Flattened circular head, with circles for two eyes and a mouth, is crowned by two right-tilting horns. Doughnut-shaped upper torso has two circular notches cut at shoulder. Columnar lower body ends in tripod legs on a low rectangular base.
On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, Modern, Objects
ProvenanceArnold Herstand and Company; Jimmy Ernst, artist's son
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