Tomahawk Nolan

John Chamberlain · 1965

You're looking at Tomahawk Nolan — a sculpture by John Chamberlain, nineteen sixty-five. Welded — the form is joined rather than carved or cast, built up from stock metal at the bench. Somewhere in there: the abstract shapes, and the table. Chamberlain was part of the abstract expressionism movement.

Medium Welded and painted metal automobile parts · Dimensions 43 3/4 x 52 1/8 x 36 1/4" (111.1 x 132.2 x 92 cm) · Credit Gift of Philip Johnson

Hanging beside it in Gallery 408: Artist's Shit No. 014, Broken Dance, Ethnic Heritage Series

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Untitled, Spider, "Oscar" car design template, Table Piece LXXXVIII (The Deluge), Encounter