563. Woman in Repose

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Title: Woman in Repose (working title)
Date: 1971-72
Subject: Person in Bed
Measurements: Unknown
Materials and Techniques: Wood board, steel wool, wood pieces, furniture panels, forks, wood beads
Description: This sculpture is a female figure from the waist up. In the photo, she is installed in a real bed with an unhooked phone on the sheets in front of her. She rests on the pillow looking up with a smile on her face. She is made from a large rectangular wood board as her body. Two thin wood shapes bent over her stomach at the elbow. Forks for hands. Two wood half spheres for breasts. A necklace of wood beads. A small flat circle for a face. Wood pieces for the eyes, nose, and mouth. Her hair is short and is a steel wool afro.
Signed: Unknown
Note: Labeled as “Old Mill Beach Westport CT 1971-1972”
Status: Unseen