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Jene Highstein

1942

WA-00027582

Sculpture

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WikidataQ14917544 ULAN500079235

MoMA

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An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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About

Why this artist matters now

Jene Highstein created monumental abstract sculptures in stone, wood, and bronze that investigated the relationship between geometric form and material weight. Working from the 1970s onward, his carved and cast works engaged the viewer's bodily experience of scale and space, whether installed in landscape or interior settings. His practice centered on how massive form reshapes perception of its surrounding environment.

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (15)

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Three Possible Stone Carvings for the Walker Art Center

1987 · Pencil on paper

12 3/8 × 11" (31.4 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Five Works

1987 · One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints

plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.5 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Five Works

1987 · One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints

plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.7 × 12.6 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Five Works

1987 · Illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints

various print dimensions; page (each irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Five Works

1987 · One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints

plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.6 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Five Works

1987 · One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints

plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.7 × 12.5 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Five Works

1987 · One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints

plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.7 × 12.6 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Five Works

1987 · One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints

plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.6 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Five Works

1987 · One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints

plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.5 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Five Works

1987 · One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints

plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.5 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Thinking about Wood Carving, No. 2

1984 · Charcoal with graphite on paper

50 in. × 38 1/8 in. (127 × 96.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Thinking about Wood Carving, No. 3

1984 · Charcoal with graphite on paper

49 15/16 × 38 1/8 in. (126.9 × 96.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Thinking about Wood Carving, No. 1

1984 · Charcoal and graphite on paper

50 in. × 38 1/4 in. (127 × 97.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled

1982 · Etching

Composition (irreg.): 12 1/2 x 9 3/8" (31.7 x 23.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1979 · Oilstick and pencil on paper

38 1/4 x 50 1/8" (97.3 x 127.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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15 published of 27 catalogued · 20 with image

MoMA
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The Met
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art

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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture

New York · 1984