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Kiki Smith

Girl with Squirrel

Description

Maker

Kiki Smith (American, b. Germany, b. 1954)

Title

Girl with Squirrel

Year

1999

Medium

  • Graphite and colored pencil on handmade paper,
  • Porcelain figure,
  • wood-and-paper shelf,
  • three parts

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Graphite and colored pencil on handmade paper,
  • Porcelain figure,
  • wood-and-paper shelf,
  • three parts

Materials

porcelain, graphite

Supports

  • paper,
  • wood

Dimensions

Drawing: 24.4 x 19.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2006.51

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Multi-Part Art
Contemporary Works in the Collection
Jul 11, 2008 – Mar 29, 2009

Label copy

Girl with Squirrel consists of both a drawing and a sculpture, two modes that are frequently intertwined in Smith’s artwork. The influence of

folk arts and crafts is often apparent in the

simplicity and directness of her style and treat­ment of subject matter. Here, the representation of a young girl with a squirrel, rendered in both

two and three dimensions, reveals Smith’s fascina­tion with the historical genre of portraiture (female portraiture in particular) and the primal connection between humans and nature. The child and animal figures seem to share a modesty of

scale, paleness of color, and physical fragililty

that convey vulnerability and innocence.

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Kiki Smith (American, b. Germany, b. 1954)
Girl with Squirrel, 1999
Graphite and colored pencil on handmade paper; porcelain figure; wood-and-paper shelf; three parts
Drawing: 24.4 x 19.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2006.51

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