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Interpretation
Clement Meadmore's minimalist Upstart II reduces forms to their barest elements for a maximum of expression. The work is constructed of only two components, and its visual effect is of one soaring projection. The sculpture's steel surface has been left to weather and has formed a rich brown patina.
Information
- Title
- Upstart II
- Object Number
- y1971-13
- Maker
- Clement Meadmore
- Medium
- Cor-Ten steel
- Dates
- 1970
- Dimensions
- h. 640 cm. (251 15/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- The John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, Princeton University
- Culture
- American
- Signatures
- Unsigned
- Materials
- Patrick Joseph Kelleher, Living with Modern Sculpture: the John B. Putnam, Jr., Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 1982)., 64–67
- Jane McCarthy and Laurily K. Epstein, A guide to the sculpture parks and gardens of America, (New York, NY: Michael Kesend Pub., 1996).
- Karin Dienst, ed., Sculpture of Princeton University: including works from the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Published by the Office of Communications, in association with the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004)., 38–39, illus.
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