(1907-1981) First generation New York abstract expressionist artist
sculptor, painter, draughtsman
Steel and nickel silver
113 3/4 × 58 1/2 × 17 3/8 in. (288.9 × 148.6 × 44.1 cm), with base.
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of the artist in honor of John I. H. Baur. 1974.
Steel and nickel silver
113 3/4 × 58 1/2 × 17 3/8 in. (288.9 × 148.6 × 44.1 cm), with base.
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Gift of the artist in honor of John I. H. Baur. 1974.
Invocation V (The Emblem), 1957
Aluminum
26 x 15 x 11 in (without base) (66 x 38.1 x 27.9 cm)
Location: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA. Gift of Reynolds Metals Company (1986).
"The upward thrust of the forms is intended as an invocation, a reverence for life, and the thinner curvilinear strands not only act aesthetically as a visual foil for the larger and more aggressive forms, but metaphorically they suggest the mantle, drape, or veil which are symbolic of both honor and humility." [Theodore Roszak interviewed at the time of the R.S. Reynolds sculpture award ceremony in 1957].
