Vintage Scaffolding

Towards the end of the decade Wilson reached a crossroads, moving towards abstraction and searching for what he called “a scaffolding under the externals.” By 1960, influenced by the...

Portfolio Lines, 7 photos A metal fence: "Florence 1976". A metal scaffolding on a white wall streaked with black bands: "Orvieto 1974".

A metal fence: "Florence 1976". A metal scaffolding on a white wall streaked with black bands: "Orvieto 1974".

On this occasion, the young apprentice falls from a scaffolding and owes his salvation only to the strap of his bag which keeps him suspended from the mast.

By 1960, Rosenquist abandoned painting signs after a friend died by falling from scaffolding on the job. Instead of working on commercial pieces, he chose to focus on personal projec...

On 11 May 2003, the cellar was stolen from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, which was covered by scaffolding at that time due to reconstruction works.

This artwork depicts a water pipe in black scaffolding coming off of a bridge. It is winter. 12 3/4" x 16" art 22 1/4" x 26 7/8" frame Alicia Czechowski, notwithstanding an MFA in...

Throughout his career, the complex architecture of the urban landscape -- bridges, scaffolding, train tracks, skyscrapers -- continued to intrigue him (though nature appears more fre...

Throughout his career, the complex architecture of the urban landscape -- bridges, scaffolding, train tracks, skyscrapers -- continued to intrigue him (though nature appears more fre...

He wanted to make monumental sculptures, but he was limited and was not able to go on scaffoldings. So, he just sat around his room doing these still-life little sculptures.”