Rhumba

© Richard Erdman

Rhumba

Currently not on view

Rhumba

Richard Erdman, American, born 1952
PP640
Richard Erdman works with stone and bronze, creating abstract sculptures known for their buoyant motion. Here the artist employs rectangular slabs of granite that convey the twisting and turning movements of the dance for which it is titled.

Information

Title
Rhumba
Maker
Richard Erdman
Medium

African granite

Dimensions

270.5 x 48.3 x 44.5 cm (106 1/2 x 19 x 17 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Princeton University, gift of Charles Erdman III, Class of 1946, presented in 1991

Object Number
PP640
Culture
American
Type
sculpture
Materials
granite
Subject
abstraction

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