Metaphase
Artist
Roy Gussow
American, 1918–2011
Date20th century
MediumStainless steel
Dimensions34 x 50 in. (86.4 x 127 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)
Object numberG.52.6.3
On View
On viewPublished References15th North Carolina Artists Annual Exhibition (brochure) (Raleigh: North Carolina State Arts Society, 1952), no. 19.
May Davis Hill, "Checklist of Additional Sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 2, no. 1 (Summer 1958), listed and illus. (b-w) 35.
Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966 (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 17, illus. (b-w).
Wayne Craven, Sculpture in America (New York, 1968), 648.
200 Years of the Visual Arts in North Carolina (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1976), noted 34-35, illus. (b-w) 35, fig. 41-A.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, State Art Gallery, State Education Building, "15th North Carolina Artists Annual Exhibition," December 3-20, 1952, no. 19.
Fayetteville, NC, Cumberland County Library, May 1962.
Wilmington, NC, St. John's Art Gallery, July-August 1962.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Acquisitions from North Carolina Annuals, 1946-1966," March 12-26, 1967, cat. no. 17, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The North Carolina Gallery: An Introductory Exhibition," October 5-November 27, 1972.
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