Jose de Creeft
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José Mariano de Creeft was a Spanish-born American artist, sculptor, and teacher known for modern sculpture in stone, metal, and wood, particularly figural works of women. His 16-foot bronze Alice in
Poet, 1956
Continuite, 1958.
Alice in Wonderland sculpture in Central Park, 1959
Found object
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A found object, or found art, is art created from undisguised, but often modified, items or products that are not normally considered materials from which art is made, often because they already have
Jose de Creeft
…forms with open spaces. At that time no other artists attempted to use this technique. In 1925, de Creeft developed another new technique, now known as found object, or assemblage art, when he was asked to create a piece for the Gran Bal Español by the world-famous flamenco dancer Vicente Escudero. At the time, de…
Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917; photograph by Alfred Stieglitz
Alphonse Allais, Des souteneurs encore dans la force de l'âge et le ventre dans l'herbe boivent de l'absinthe, carriage curtain, before 1897.
An Oak Tree by Michael Craig-Martin; 1973
Junk art at Oak Street Beach