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Butterfield, Deborah

Red Branch

2007

Painted bronze

110 in x 85 in x 46 in (279.4 cm x 215.9 cm x 116.8 cm); 1500 lb

Museum purchase, made possible by Richard E. Branders, L.A. Louver, James R. Parks, and an Anonymous Donor

2009.77.1

Autry Museum of the American West

Art and Artifacts

Sculpture by Deborah Butterfield, Red Branch, 2007. Butterfield constructs her sculptures from found pieces of wood and this bronze is made to resemble tree branches twisted, intertwined and welded together in the shape of a horse. The sculpture was first created from pieces of manzanita wood and then photographed before being disassembled and sent to the foundry where the pieces are cast in bronze and soldered back together. The bronze has been painted a deep red color to evoke the natural color of the wood.

horses

Art of the West selected works from the Autry Museum / edited by Amy Scott ; foreword by Stephen Aron ; afterword by Brian W. Dippie. Cover

Art of the West selected works from the Autry Museum / edited by Amy Scott ; foreword by Stephen Aron ; afterword by Brian W. Dippie. page 80