Surrealist object in form of a shrub
Laurence Vail
(American, 1891–1968)
about 1960
Medium/TechniquePlaster, painted blue and red, chicken wire scrolls, plastic, tin scraps, colored glass, pins, etc., covered with gold dust
DimensionsApproximately 53.3 x 30.5 x 35.6 cm (21 x 12 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim
Accession number64.318
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceThe artist; to Mrs. Peggy Guggenheim, Venice; to MFA, Boston, 1964
Copyright© Estate of Laurence Vail.mid-19th century
18th century
mid 19th century
late 19th century