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Artist Albert Raymond Paley (American, born 1944)

Date1995

DimensionsH: 168 in. (426.7 cm); W: 17 15/16 in. (45.6 cm); Depth: 58 in. (147.3 cm)

MediumCorten and stainless steel; formed and fabricated.

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of The Georgia Welles Apollo Society

Object number

1996.13

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Sculpture Garden

Label TextIn 1995 Jim Dine was invited to the Museum as part of a special residency to create a body of work inspired by TMA’s collection. Dine had been studying ancient Greek and Roman art in museums throughout Europe and was naturally drawn to the Roman bronze Statue of a Youth from 140 CE. Using a variety of techniques, he created a collection of 20 expressive drawings of the sculpture, some of which are displayed here. Dine wrote, “The bronze boy, idealized by the Roman sculptor, stood out and grabbed me by the back of my neck so I was compelled to sit here and meditate and try to get some marks on paper that would eventually, I hoped, come alive…. If I have achieved any poetry in the depiction of this lovely work, it seems to me that I owe a lot of thanks, not just to the old familiar muse who has sat with me all these years, but also to the Museum where I was allowed to hover in the air above this bronze boy in complete privacy and safety.”Published ReferencesKangas, Matthew, "Albert Paley: Organic Form," Sculpture, vol. 18, no. 4, May 1999, p. 11, repr. (col.).

Lucie-Smith, Edward, The Art of Albert Paley: Iron, Bronze, Steel, New York, Abrams, 1996, pp. 170, 173, 217, repr. pp. 175, 217.

Kuspit, Donald, Albert Paley: Sculpture, Milan, Skira, 2006, repr. p. 135 (col.), 136 (dets., col.)., 137 (fabrication, col.), [illus. 120-126].

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Art to Art: Albert Paley - Jim Dine - Therman Statom Respond to Toledo's Treasures, 1996, p. 21, repr. (col.) p. 20.

Provo, Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, Age of Steel: An Exhibition of Recent Sculpture by Albert Paley, 1996, pp. 9, 21, 22, repr. p. [12], (col.) and p. [13]. (det. col.).

The Toledo Museum of Art, A Decade of Giving: The Apollo Society at The Toledo Museum of Art, 1996, p. 24, repr. (col.) p. 25.

Toledo Museum of Art, Inspired Giving: The Apollo Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition, October 15, 2010-February 13, 2011, p. 27, repr. (col.) p. 27.