
Catalogue
- Year
- 1981
- Medium
- Tulipwood
- Dimensions
- 20 1/2 x 31 1/4" (52 x 79.4 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Edward Moulthrop
Artist

Edward Moulthrop
Edward Moulthrop is an American woodturner who pioneered the use of green wood turning in the postwar period, creating large-scale vessels and sculptural forms from freshly felled timber. His practice challenged the conventional boundaries between craft and sculpture, establishing wood turning as a vehicle for artistic experimentation rather than functional production. Working primarily in turned wood, Moulthrop developed distinctive organic forms that exploit the natural movement and cracking of unseasoned wood as an integral aesthetic element.
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- Edward Moulthrop
- Year
- 1981
- Medium
- Tulipwood
- Dimensions
- 20 1/2 x 31 1/4" (52 x 79.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1981-M002736
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified

