Kwannon

Ibram Lassaw · 1952

This is Kwannon — a sculpture by the American artist Ibram Lassaw, nineteen fifty-two. The piece is welded bronze, about 1.8 by 1.1 meters. In the picture, look for the abstract shapes. Lassaw was part of the abstract expressionism movement.

Medium Welded bronze · Dimensions 6' 1/2" x 43" x 29" (184.2 x 109.2 x 73.7 cm) · Credit Katharine Cornell Fund

Hanging beside it in Gallery 404: Encounter

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Encounter, Enak's Tears (Terrestrial Forms), Spider, Laocoön, Constellation with Red Object, Table Piece LXXXVIII (The Deluge)