Footed Red
Object NameTextile Sculpture
Artist / Maker
Priscilla Kepner Sage
(American, b. 1936)
Date1971
MediumFabric. Machine and hand stitched.
Dimensions96 x 40 x 40 in. (243.8 x 101.6 x 101.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the artist and Charles Sage. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU2012.363
Status
Not on viewCultureAmerican
Label TextWhile Footed Red acts like a column with an ornate base and explosive capital, it also refers to the figure, the landscape, and flight. Like Isadora Duncan in the ruins of ancient Greece, Footed Red is posed for a dramatic gesture connecting earth and sky. There is also a bilateral symmetry developing in the work that predicts a shift from the more organic nature of Priscilla Sage early works to the more geometrically sequenced forms to come.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Main Storage
Object Name: Textile Installation
Priscilla Kepner Sage
2007
Object number: U2007.69
