COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
DMA_.1933.22
AMICA Library Year:
2003
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Austin, Dorothy
Creator Dates/Places:
American, born 1911
Creator Name-CRT:
Dorothy Austin
Title:
Noggin
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 1933
Creation Start Date:
1931
Creation End Date:
1935
Materials and Techniques:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 8 x 10 3/4 in. (33.02 x 20.32 x 27.31 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Dallas Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Dallas, Texas, USA
ID Number:
1933.22
Credit Line:
Dallas Museum of Art, gift of an anonymous friend
Context:
Dorothy Austin left Dallas at 17 to study at the Art Students League in New York, returning two years later to Texas, where she brought fresh and innovative stylistic energy to bear in her figural works. In "Noggin," Austin achieves an almost architectural solidity in the portrait head, employing deep, stylized incisions and highlighting the grain of the wood to express the psychic strength lying behind the closed eyes.
Related Image Identifier Link:
DMA_.1933_22.tif
