Fish Lurking

Richard Stankiewicz

1958 · Iron and steel · Modern and Contemporary Art

Although Jean Tinguely and others have accustomed museum visitors to sculpture made of abandoned materials, it was still quite innovative when Stankiewicz made this work. It was included in the now-famous 1959 show at the Museum of Modern Art, “Sixteen Americans,” where Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Ellsworth Kelly, and others were first presented to a wide public.

Artist

Richard Stankiewicz

Date

1958

Medium

Iron and steel

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006