From Within, from Containment Series
John Outterbridge, From Within, from Containment Series, 1969, mixed media, Gift of Robin Dunitz, © unknown, research required, 2017.42.1
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- Title
From Within, from Containment Series
- Related Titles
inscribed: From Within
series (original language): Containment Series
- Artist
- Date
1969
- Medium
mixed media
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
20 in x 20 1/8 in x 1 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: Outterbridge // From Within // Containment Series, scratched, verso
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art
- Category
Sculpture
- Object Type
sculpture
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of Robin Dunitz
- Accession Number
2017.42.1
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
As a young artist in the early 60s, Outterbridge combined his interest in abstraction and West African culture with the budding art movements of Pop art and Minimalism. He began to use industrial materials with the Containment series after seeing the work of sculptor Mark di Suvero. As a part of this series, this work explores the concept of boundaries: formal ones like frames; material ones like straps and sheet metal; and physical ones like cells and borders.
