id:			153396
accession number:	1986.80
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.80
updated:		2019-11-18 11:43:01.876000

Untitled, 1961. Richard Stankiewicz (American, 1922-1983). Welded steel; overall: 170.2 x 91.4 x 86.3 cm (67 x 36 x 34 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art in honor of Edward B. Henning and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1986.80

title:				Untitled
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1961
creation date earliest:		1961
creation date latest:		1961
current location:		227 Abstract Expressionism
creditline:			Gift of the Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art in honor of Edward B. Henning and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

---

culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	welded steel
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

* Richard Stankiewicz (American, 1922-1983)  - artist

---

measurements: Overall: 170.2 x 91.4 x 86.3 cm (67 x 36 x 34 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1986
	opening date:   1987-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

	title:		Miracle in the Scrap Heap:  The Sculpture of Richard Stankiewicz
	opening date:   2003-04-02T00:00:00
	<i>Miracle in the Scrap Heap:  The Sculpture of Richard Stankiewicz</i>. Addison Gallery of American Art (organizer) (April 19-July 31, 2003); AXA Gallery, NY (August 13-October 18, 2003); McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (April 15-July 15, 2004); Museu Jean Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland (September 19, 2004-January 16, 2005).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Wadsworth Atheneum, 1984: "The Tremaine Collection: 20th Century Masters," cat. repr. p. 84<br>CMA 1987: "Year in Review 1986," Bulletin 74 (February 1987), p. 67, no. 93, repr. p. 56<br>Addison Gallery of American Art (4/19/2003 - 7/31/2003); AXA Gallery, NY (8/13/2003 - 10/18/2003); McNay Art Museum (4/15/2004 - 7/15/2004) and Museum Jean Tinguely (9/1/2004-11/1/2004):  "Miracle in the Scrap Heap:The Sculpture of Richard Stankiewicz"  p. 136-137.<br>Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art (1/25/2007 - 5/13/2007):  "CMA@MOCA"

---

PROVENANCE

	(Stable Gallery, New York); The Tremaine Collection
	date: 
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


---

fun fact: 
An art critic once praised Stankiewicz’s work, describing it as a “miracle in the scrapheap.”

digital description: 


wall description: 
Stankiewicz was a virtuoso in creating welded sculpture out of discarded metal, much of which he rescued from junkyards. In this untitled assemblage, three gracefully balanced boiler tanks are carefully counterweighted by pipes and other pieces of scrap. Typical of the artist’s works from this period, its surfaces are enlivened by the scruffy textures and patterns of rust and other forms of corrosion.
---

RELATED WORKS

---

CITATIONS

	Dezeuze, Anna. <em>Almost Nothing: Observations on Precarious Practices in Contemporary Art.</em> Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017. p. 47.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 47, fig. 13.
	url:		

---

IMAGES