id:			380104
accession number:	2020.201
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.201
updated:		2023-08-24 01:38:27.470000

Belt, 2007. Deborah Butterfield (American, b. 1949). Cast bronze with patina; overall: 231.1 x 299.7 x 76.2 cm (91 x 118 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.201 © Deborah Butterfield / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

title:				Belt
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creation date:			2007
creation date earliest:		2007
creation date latest:		2007
current location:		WL West Lawn
creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
copyright:			© Deborah Butterfield / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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culture:	America
technique:	cast bronze with patina
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Deborah Butterfield (American, b. 1949)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 231.1 x 299.7 x 76.2 cm (91 x 118 x 30 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Cast at Walla Walla Foundry, Walla Walla, WA, consigned to Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Inc., Chicago, IL
	date: 2007
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	(Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Inc., Chicago, IL, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)
	date: 2007
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2007–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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fun fact:
Interested in horses from a young age, Butterfield initially felt conflicted about whether to pursue art or veterinary medicine while studying at the University of California, Davis.

digital description:
To create her life-size horses, American sculptor Deborah Butterfield casts found pieces of wood into bronze, a process that translates the wood’s porous texture into metal. The artist then builds the structure of her sculptures, using her extensive knowledge of the animals to achieve their lifelike postures. Butterfield accomplishes this effect through the placement of the necks and heads of her horses, which she does last. In <em>Belt,</em> the abstract animal is integrated with the surrounding landscape to evoke the artist’s expansive Montana ranch where she has lived, worked, and kept horses for over 30 years.

wall description:
To create her life-size horses, American sculptor Deborah Butterfield casts found pieces of wood into bronze, a process that translates the wood’s porous texture into metal. The artist then builds the structure of her sculptures, using her extensive knowledge of the animals to achieve their lifelike postures. Butterfield accomplishes this effect through the placement of the necks and heads of her horses, which she does last. In <em>Belt,</em> the abstract animal is integrated with the surrounding landscape to evoke the artist’s expansive Montana ranch where she has lived, worked, and kept horses for over 30 years.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gordon, Robert. <em>Deborah Butterfield</em>. New York: Abrams, 2010.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 182-183, cover
	url:		https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/495597481

	Czajkowski, Alexandra. “Exploring the Fine Arts Garden.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 38-39.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 38.
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