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Label Text This may well have been conceived as a study for a large sculpture, since its very simplicity and emphasis on proportions suggest an architectural scale. Most of Nagare's work is in stone, and the quality of carved, articulated mass is apparent in this bronze as well. His forms seem to find a perfect fusion of geometry and the sense of nature; a union that undoubtedly reflects his years of serious studies in Shinto and Buddhism. Source: Bulletin, January, 1968
Exhibition History"Recent Sculpture of Masayuki Nagare," Staempfli Gallery, N.Y., Nov. 9 - Dec. 3, 1965
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.162

DMAC Bulletin, Jan. 1968, color cover ill.

"Recent Sculpture of Masayuki Nagare," Staempfli Gallery, N. Y., 1965, exh. brochure color ill.

THE BURLINGTON HAWK-EYE, Feb. 7, 1968, ill.
DimensionsOverall: 13 × 2 × 3 in. (33 × 5.1 × 7.6 cm)
Other (with base): 16 3/8 × 4 1/2 × 4 in. (41.6 × 11.4 × 10.2 cm)
Accession Number 1967.34
Classificationssculpture
InscriptionsNagare 1965
Metaphor III
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines