Martin Puryear: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Born May 23, 1941 (age 83) • Washington, D.C.United States
Awards And Honors Yaddo Artist Medal (2016)National Medal of Arts (2011)
Notable Works “Big Bling”“Big Phrygian”“Ladder for Booker T. Washington”

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Louise Nevelson
American sculptor
Marisol
Marisol
American sculptor
Leonard Baskin
American sculptor
William Zorach, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1943.
William Zorach
American sculptor
Ivan Meštrović
Ivan Meštrović
American sculptor
Milles, Carl: Europa and the Bull
Carl Milles
Swedish sculptor
John Bernard Flannagan
American sculptor
William Rush
American sculptor
Kehinde Wiley
Kehinde Wiley
American artist
Maya Lin
Maya Lin
American sculptor and architect
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
“Black Sun,” black tamba granite sculpture by Isamu Noguchi, 1960–63; in a private garden
Isamu Noguchi
American sculptor
Robert Irwin: Getty Center's Central Garden
Robert Irwin
American painter and sculptor
George Segal
George Segal
American sculptor
Simone Leigh
Simone Leigh
American artist
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas
American mixed-media artist
Selma Burke and her bust of Booker T. Washington
Selma Burke
American sculptor and educator
Augusta Savage: Realization
Augusta Savage
American sculptor and educator
Edmondson, William: Rabbit
William Edmondson
American sculptor
Edmonia Lewis
American sculptor