Tony Rosenthal (1914-2009), N.A.
Crocus, 1979
Sculpture of Welded Stainless Steel
33.5 x 24 x 20 inches
This sculpture is composed of seven square-shaped hollow beams, welded together in diagonal orientations. Rosenthal's work is collected by major museums, including Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
Tony Rosenthal is renown for his monumental sculptures in public spaces. He has produced major works in cities across the United States, from Chicago, Detroit, and Honolulu, to Los Angeles and Miami.
The playwright Edward Albee once observed about Rosenthal’s work: “His monumental outdoor pieces, set in landscapes or in busy city spaces, seem always to have been there…Like all the important metal workers—like Stankiewics, like Caro, like Serra, like Chamberlain—Rosenthal’s objects instruct us, alter our perceptions, disturb and thrill us by their audacity, their wonder and their inevitability.”
Tony Rosenthal is a Member of the National Academy.
Provenance: Personal Collection of Gloria Luria, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.