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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Dream of Pairing, 1981

painted pine
Alice Kleberg Reynolds, San Antonio, Texas
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo Roger Fry

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Some Tales, 1975-1978

yellow pine, ash, and hickory
Panza Collection
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo copyright Giorgio Colombo, Milan

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Circumbent, 1976

bent and dyed ash
Collection the artist
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Bask, 1976

stained pine
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Exxon Corporate Purchase Award, 1978
© 2008 Martin Puryear.

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Bask, 1976

stained pine
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Exxon Corporate Purchase Award, 1978
© 2008 Martin Puryear.

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Untitled, 1978

hickory and Alaskan yellow cedar
Stuart and Sherry Christhilf
© 2008 Martin Puryear.

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Self, 1978

stained and painted red cedar and mahogany
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Museum purchase in memory of Elinor Ashton
© 2008 Martin Puryear.

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Some Lines for Jim Beckwourth, 1978

twisted rawhide
Collection the artist
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
For Beckwourth, 1980

turf, oak, and pitch pine
Collection the artist
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Rawhide Cone, 1980

molded rawhide
Collection the artist
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (1941)
Some Tales, 1975-1978

yellow pine, ash, and hickory
Panza Collection

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Bower, 1980

Sitka spruce and pine
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Museum purchase made possible through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, Alexander Calder, Frank Wilbert Stokes, and the Ford Motor Company
© 2008 Martin Puryear.

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Desire, 1981

pine, red cedar, poplar, and Sitka spruce
FAI Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano, Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, Varese. Panza Collection. Gift, 1996
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo copyright Giorgio Colombo, Milan

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Desire, 1981

pine, red cedar, poplar, and Sitka spruce
FAI Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano, Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, Varese. Panza Collection. Gift, 1996
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo copyright Giorgio Colombo, Milan

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Believer, 1977-1982

tulip poplar and pine
Collection the artist
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Untitled, 1981-1982

painted Ponderosa pine
Private collection, Atherton, California
© 2008 Martin Puryear.

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Sanctuary, 1982

pine, maple, and cherry wood
The Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan Purchase Prize Fund
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo The Art Institute of Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Untitled, 1982

maple sapling, pear wood, and yellow cedar
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Promised gift of Judith Neisser and Family in memory of Edward Neisser, B.A. 1952
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Martin Puryear

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Cerulean, 1982

polychromed pine
Panza Collection
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo copyright Giorgio Colombo, Milan

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Big and Little Same, 1981

painted pine and unpainted pear wood
Collection Joel Wachs
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo copyright Douglas M. Parker Studio

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Mus, 1984

painted Sitka spruce, red cedar, and wire mesh
Collection Marguerite and Robert Hoffman
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo copyright Douglas M. Parker Studio

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Greed's Trophy, 1984

steel rod and wire, wood, rattan, and leather
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. David Rockefeller Fund and purchase, 1984
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services (photo John Wronn)

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Old Mole, 1985

red cedar
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with gifts (by exchange) of Samuel S. White III and Vera White, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. G. Chaplin and with funds contributed by Marion Boulton Stroud, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kardon, Gisela and Dennis Alter, and Mrs. H. Gates Lloyd, 1986
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Sharp and Flat, 1987

pine
Collection Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Timber's Turn, 1987

Honduras mahogany, red cedar, and Douglas fir
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Museum purchase
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo Lee Stalsworth

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Maroon, 1987-1988

wire mesh, pine, yellow poplar, and tar
Milwaukee Art Museum. Gift of the Contemporary Art Society
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Milwaukee Art Museum

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Pride's Cross, 1988

red cedar and poplar
Private collection, Baltimore
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Lever No. 3, 1989

carved and painted Ponderosa pine
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1989
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Lever No. 1, 1988-1989

red cedar, cypress, poplar, and ash
The Art Institute of Chicago. A. James Speyer Memorial Fund, UNR Industrial Fund in honor of James W. Alsdorf, Barbara Neff Smith and Solomon Byron Smith Funds
© 2008 Martin Puryear.

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
The Charm of Subsistence, 1989

rattan and gumwood
Saint Louis Art Museum. Funds given by the Shoenberg Foundation, Inc.
© 2008 Martin Puryear.

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Dumb Luck, 1990

wire mesh, wood, and tar
Collection Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Dowager, 1990

basswood, wire mesh, and tar
Collection John and Mary Pappajohn
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Thicket, 1990

basswood and cypress
Seattle Art Museum. Gift of Agnes Gund
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo Paul Macapia

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Alien Huddle, 1993-1995

red cedar and pine
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image copyright The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Untitled, 1997

painted cedar and pine
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Promised Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, 1997
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services (photo John Wronn)

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Ladder for Booker T. Washington, 1996

ash and maple
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of Ruth Carter Stevenson, by exchange
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo David Wharton

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
In Sheep's Clothing, 1996

pine
Des Moines Art Center. Purchased with funds from the Nathan Emory Coffin Collection of the Des Moines Art Center
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Confessional, 1996-2000

wire mesh, tar, and various woods
The Cartin Collection, Hartford, Connecticut
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Confessional, 1996-2000

wire mesh, tar, and various woods
The Cartin Collection, Hartford, Connecticut
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Brunhilde, 1998-2000

cedar and rattan
Collection the artist
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo Richard P. Goodbody

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Untitled, 2000

maple sapling, Douglas fir plywood, pine, and hickory
Collection Marguerite and Robert Hoffman
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Untitled, 1997-2001

pine, cypress, ash, and rope
The Newark Museum. Purchase Helen McMahon Brady Cutting Fund
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo Richard P. Goodbody

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Deadeye, 2002

pine
Collection Agnes Gund
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo: Michael Korol, New York

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Untitled, 2005

white pine, wire, and rattan
John and Martha Gabbert
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Le Prix, 2005

painted yellow pine and Alaskan yellow cedar
Gretchen and John Berggruen, San Francisco
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
A Distant Place, 2005

basswood, yellow cedar, white pine, and maple burl
Collection the artist
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Image courtesy Donald Young Gallery, Chicago

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
Malediction, 2006-2007

red cedar, pine, and various woods (black locust, ash, and rattan)
Collection the artist
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo Richard P. Goodbody

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
C.F.A.O., 2006-2007

painted and unpainted pine and found wheelbarrow
Courtesy the artist and Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo Richard P. Goodbody

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Martin Puryear, American (born 1941)
C.F.A.O., 2006-2007

painted and unpainted pine and found wheelbarrow
Courtesy the artist and Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
© 2008 Martin Puryear. Photo Richard P. Goodbody