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Robert Cook
Giraffe Gates, bronze sculpture

1987

About the Item

This unique cast bronze is the perfect work to silhouette in front of a plain wall area. It acts as a line drawing in space. Robert Cook explored the limits of the lost was casting process in his line drawing sculptures which often resemble sketches of rising and falling gestures in three dimension. As in a line drawing the viewer’s mind reads negative as well as positive space without even thinking about it. It was with this process in which Cook created his most impressive and mature sculptures. Cook did design actual "gates" as for people's driveways and or to be done large scale out of doors. This work may have been done around this time.
  • Creator:
    Robert Cook (1921, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1987
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 18.25 in (46.36 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Good contain and patina - no issues of note. Wood base may have some wear from age and it was put on by the artist.
  • Gallery Location:
    Greenwich, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU141329890702
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