450. Pearly Whites

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Title: Pearly Whites (working title)
Date: Before “Dec 1988”
Subject: Smiling Head
Measurements: Unknown
Materials and Techniques: Cork, furniture panels, assorted wooden forms
Description: Assorted wooden forms are assembled to form a grinning face, with a full mouth of teeth revealed. A wooden rectangle with a half-circle cut-out serves as the lower half of the face, which is capped by a larger rectangle also with a half circle cut-out. A triangular piece sits between these to represent the plane of the face. Wooden balls are wedged within ellipse-shaped holes to represent the face’s two eyes. Rows of corks form the teeth.
Signed: Unknown
Status: Unseen