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John Storrs

Artist
John Storrs
(American, 1885 - 1956)
Title
Forms in Space
Date
ca. 1926
Medium
Mixed metals and wood on stone base
Dimensions
9 1/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 1/8 in. overall
Credit
Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection
Accession No.
2012.54.55.10
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
United States

Related

Until 1998, estate of the artist (John Storrs); May 1998, sold through Robert Henry Adams Fine Art (Chicago, IL) to Terese and Alvin S. Lane (Riverdale, NY); 2007, deposited on long-term loan to the Chazen Museum of Art; 2012, bequeathed to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Bricker Balken, Debra. "John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist." Boston: Boston Athenaeum, 2010 p. 88, cat. no.28
  • Frackman, Noel. "John Storrs." New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1986. p. 66, no. 73, 178
  • Robert Henry Adams Fine Art. "John Storrs: Sculpture and Related Drawings." Chicago: Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, 1998. pp. 14-15, no. 14
  • Murphy, Kathleen Skolnik. “America’s Foremost Modernist Sculptor: A Look Inside…John Storrs Machine-Age Modernist by Deborah Bricker Balken.” Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine (Spring 2012): 17. John Storrs, Forms in Space (L13) p. 17
  • Schaefer, Barbara and Anita Hachmann. "Es War Einmal in Amerika: 300 Jahre US-Amerikanische Kunst." Cologne: Wienand and Wallraf Richartz Museum and Fondation Corboud, 2018. pp. 492-493, cat. no. 108

  • Once Upon a Time in America: Three Centuries of US-American Art: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, 11/23/2018–3/24/2019
  • John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist: Boston Athenaeum, 5/11/2010–7/9/2011
  • Modernist Sculpture: The Terese & Alvin S. Lane Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/19/2008–9/28/2008
  • John Storrs Retrospective: Whitney Museum of American Art, 12/11/1986–11/1/1987
  • Sculpture by John Storrs: The Arts Club of Chicago, 12/11/1927–12/31/1927

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