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Apron

Resembling the pleats and band of an apron, this large, one-sided, cedar sculpture features carved vertical lines darkened with graphite and stain beneath a solid band of natural-colored wood.
Ursula von Rydingsvard, Apron, 1997; Cedar wood, stain, and graphite, 46 x 28 x 12 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Tony Podesta Collection; © Ursula von Rydingsvard/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo by Lee Stalsworth
Close up of Apron
Resembling the pleats and band of an apron, this large, one-sided, cedar sculpture features carved vertical lines darkened with graphite and stain beneath a solid band of natural-colored wood.

Artwork Details

  • Artist

    Ursula von Rydingsvard

  • Title

    Apron

  • Date

    1997

  • Medium

    Cedar, Graphite, Stain

  • Dimensions

    46 x 28 x 12 in.

  • Donor Credit

    Gift of Tony Podesta Collection

  • On Display

    No

The Artist, Ursula von Rydingsvard

Sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard fuses a labor-intensive process with personal reflection to construct evocative and monumental abstract works from cedar wood.
Color photograph of a woman shot from the collarbone up. Her brown hair is short on the sides and reaches up on the top, with subtle blonde highlights. Her light skin is slightly lined and she smiles subtly, her brown eyes looking right into the camera.