Lever No. 3

1989

Martin Puryear

Artist, American, born 1941

A long, thin arm ending in a round loop curves up and away from a snail shell-shaped panel in this freestanding, abstract sculpture. The arm is about twice as long as the panel, and it reaches to our left in this view. The sculpture is photographed in a room with a wood floor and a pale beige wall with molding.
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West Building Main Floor, Gallery 76
On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 76

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    carved and painted wood

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    overall: 214.6 x 411.5 x 33 cm (84 1/2 x 162 x 13 in.)

  • Accession

    1989.71.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Margo Leavin Galley, Los Angeles); purchased 8 December 1989 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Martin Puryear, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007-2009, no. 28, repro.

Bibliography

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 178, repro.

1997

  • Martin Puryear, Exh. cat. Fundación "la Caixa", Madrid, 1997-1998: 17, no. 2, repro.

1999

  • Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. 2 vols. Revised ed. New York, 1999: 2:1165, fig. 29.92.

Wikidata ID

Q63860968

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