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Redwood Shard

Sculpture
1994 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pointed piece of redwood with natural rough surface on the reverse and a circular depression in the front, with two protruding linear elements of ebony.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRedwood Shard (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Turned and carved redwood with carved ebony insertions
Brief description
Turned and carved sculpture, 'Redwood Shard', redwood and macassar ebony, Robyn Horn, 1994.
Physical description
Pointed piece of redwood with natural rough surface on the reverse and a circular depression in the front, with two protruding linear elements of ebony.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17in
  • Width: 13in
  • Depth: 8in
Dimensions supplied by artist - need checking
Credit line
Given by John and Robyn Horn
Bibliographic reference
Adamson, Glenn, ‘Filling a Gap: Recent acquisitions of turned wood at the V&A’, V&A Online Journal, No.2, Autumn 2009: http://web.archive.org/web/20230112105123/http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/journals/research-journal/issue-02/filling-a-gap-recent-acquisitions-of-turned-wood-at-the-v-and-a/
Collection
Accession number
W.9-2009

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Record createdMarch 30, 2009
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