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The American artist John Storrs belonged to the generation that established cubism, and carried the cubist discoveries into both decorative and monumental styles. ...

In style, much of the work of Storrs belongs to a period: the 'twenties era of "Modernism" in architecture and the decorative arts. It was a style that brought together diverse influences from the early part of the century, including both cubist and futurist approaches; affected to some extent by suprematism and orphism; and connected in spirit with the Bauhaus direction as well as with De Stijl.  Source: Bulletin, September 1966.


Exhibition History"John Storrs," Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y., Dec. 11, 1986 - Mar. 22, 1987; (Circulated to: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas: May 2 - July 5, 1987; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, Aug. 28 - Nov. 1, 1987)

"Manierre Dawson/John Storrs," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Nov. 13, 1976 - Jan. 2, 1977; (Circulated to: University of Indiana Art Museum, Bloomington, Jan. 18 - Feb. 20, 1977; University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, Mar. 29 - May 1, 1977)

"200 Years of American Sculpture," Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y., Mar. 8, 1976 - Sept. 19, 1976

"John Storrs Retrospective," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 3 - June 8, 1969

"John Storrs," Downtown Gallery, N.Y., Mar. 23 - Apr. 16, 1965
Published References"John Storrs," Downtown Gallery, N. Y., 1965, exh. cat. no.7

"Manierre Dawson / John Storrs," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1976, exh. cat. ref. p.17, ill. p.11

"200 Years of American Sculpture," David R. Godine in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, N. Y., 1976, exh. cat. ill. no.219, p.148, checklist no.268, p.347

Noel Frackman, "John Storrs," Whitney Museum of American Art, N. Y., 1986, exh. cat. ref. p.138, ref. & ill. p.24, fig. no.13

AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. p.33

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.204, b/w ill. pl.135, p.205

DMAC Bulletin, Sept. 1966, ill.

Debra Bricker Balken, "John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist", The Boston Athenaeum, 2010, color ill. pg.66
DimensionsOverall: 30 3/4 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (78.1 × 26.7 × 26.7 cm)
Accession Number 1966.3
Classificationssculpture
CopyrightPublic Domain
ProvenanceArtist. (Downtown Gallery, New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1966]
L'Homme nu (Nude Man)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
John Bradley Storrs
1920
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Robert Motherwell
1975
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Constantin Brancusi
1912-1913
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Isabel M. Kimball
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Luis Gispert
2015
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Alberto Giacometti
1947
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marjorie Moore Miller
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Susan Rothenberg
1984-1985