Why - Chicago, IL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This bronze sculpture on a stone base resembles an organic form, almost like coral or an undersea creature. It is by Richard Hunt, a native Chicagoan, in 1974.

About Richard Hunt the Smithsonian says:

For more than three decades Richard Hunt's status as the foremost African-American abstract sculptor and artist of public sculpture has remained unchallenged. Executed in welded and cast steel, aluminum, copper, and bronze, Hunt's abstract creations make frequent references to plant, human, and animal forms. Hunt prefers to be called a "Midwestern sculptor," and is one of the few well known African-American sculptors who still resides and works in his hometown.

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TITLE: Why ARTIST(S): Richard Howard Hunt DATE: 1974 MEDIUM: Bronze on stone base CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 87580096 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Outside the courtyard of the Smart Museum of Art at 5550 S. Greenwood. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None observed

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