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Artists›Mary Ann Unger

Mary Ann Unger

American, 1945–1998

WA-00051884

New York, NY, USA

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WikidataQ13560709

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/59426
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/mary-ann-unger
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Mary Ann Unger creates large-scale semi-abstract sculptures in cast forms that evoke the body, bone, and bandaging through dark, bulbous beam-like structures. Working in New York, her sculptures engage with themes of mortality and regeneration, employing material weight and organic distortion to suggest universal processes of decay and renewal. Her work is held by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago

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Art Institute of ChicagoChicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (8)

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Red Vertebrae

1980 · Painted plywood

Overall (a): 20 × 12 × 15 in. (50.8 × 30.5 × 38.1 cm) Overall (b): 22 5/8 × 12 × 14 11/16 in. (57.5 × 30.5 × 37.3 cm) Overall (c): 26 1/16 × 12 × 13 5/8 in. (66.2 × 30.5 × 34.6 cm) Overall (d): 28 3/8 × 12 × 11 7/8 in. (72.1 × 30.5 × 30.2 cm) Overall (e): 30 × 12 × 11 1/8 in. (76.2 × 30.5 × 28.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

1979 · Etching with watercolor and graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 22 1/4 × 29 7/8 in. (56.5 × 75.9 cm) Image: 22 1/4 × 29 7/8 in. (56.5 × 75.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled (Study for Hexagonal Quintet)

1978 · Graphite and watercolor on paper

Sheet: 22 × 26 1/4 in. (55.9 × 66.7 cm) Image: 22 × 26 1/4 in. (55.9 × 66.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Cut Red

1978 · Graphite and watercolor on paper

Sheet: 20 7/16 × 26 in. (51.9 × 66 cm) Image: 31 13/16 × 26 in. (80.9 × 66 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

1978 · Graphite and watercolor on paper

Sheet: 20 1/2 × 28 in. (52.1 × 71.1 cm) Image: 20 1/2 × 28 in. (52.1 × 71.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Untitled

1978 · Wax-graphite on gessoed paper

Sheet: 22 7/16 × 30 in. (57 × 76.2 cm) Image: 22 7/16 × 30 in. (57 × 76.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled

1978 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

56.8 × 76 cm (22 3/8 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1978 · Graphite on cream wove paper

56.8 × 76 cm (22 3/8 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

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