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John Bradley Storrs

American, 1885-1956

Abstract Figure

Abstract Figure

Abstract Figure, ca. 1932

Currently on View

bronze

overall: 33 3/8 x 9 3/4 x 13 inches (84.77 x 24.76 x 33.02 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Edmund Hayes Fund, 1977

1977:9

Inscriptions:

stamp / lower right side / STORRS

Provenance:

Downtown Gallery, New York;
Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York;
purchased from Schoelkopf Gallery by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1977

Object Classifications:

Sculpture

Cast (sculpture)

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

During the 1920s John Storrs moved from a realistic style, which defines his earliest works, to a more progressive approach that was influenced by Cubism. The curvaceous forms and anthropomorphic subject of Abstract Figure also suggest the impact of Surrealism. The upper body of the figure can be read several ways, such as a head with a wide-open mouth and a long wagging tongue or a man-turned-elephant, whose trunk sways to the side.

Label from Picasso: The Artist and His Models, November 5, 2016–February 19, 2017