Advanced Search 
Martin Puryear is particularly known for his carefully crafted sculptures, usually in wood or metal and often large in scale. The lattice pattern
that forms the core of this bench is one that the artist has explored in other sculptures because it is simultaneously structurally sound
but invites light and air into the work.
View: In gallery
Thumbnail-size images of copyrighted artworks are displayed under fair use, in accordance with guidelines recommended by the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts, published by the College Art Association in February 2015.
BENCH
Martin Puryear (American, born in 1941)
1996
Medium/Technique
Stainless steel, glass-bead blasted
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 80 x 72 x 72 in. (203.2 x 182.9 x 182.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann and Graham Gund
Accession Number2023.490
ClassificationsSculpture
Martin Puryear is particularly known for his carefully crafted sculptures, usually in wood or metal and often large in scale. The lattice pattern
that forms the core of this bench is one that the artist has explored in other sculptures because it is simultaneously structurally sound
but invites light and air into the work.
Provenance1996, sold by McKee Gallery, New York, to Ann and Graham Gund, Nantucket and Cambridge, MA; 2023, gift of Ann and Graham Gund to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 2023)