Garden Hat

Sculpture

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Paul Harris Estate

Garden Hat, 1956, papier-mâché, 37 x 29 x 13 inches: Paul Harris Archives, image remastered by MPW
Garden Hat, 1956, papier-mâché, 37 x 29 x 13 inches

Paul Harris Archives, image remastered by MPW

Name/Title

Garden Hat

Entry/Object ID

260

Artwork Details

Medium

Papier-mâché

Made/Created

Artist

Paul Harris

Date made

1956

Edition

Edition Size

1 of 1

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous PH Estate Inventory Number

Other Number

27.00

Dimensions

Height

37 in

Width

29 in

Depth

13 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Brown, Theophilus. <i>Paul Harris Sculpture</i>. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000.

Notes

figs. 3, 5, listed dimensions as 42 x 25 x 12 inches

Exhibition

<i>Recent Sculpture, U.S.A.</i> [traveling exhibition], Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, May 13–August 16, 1959; Denver Art Museum, CO, October 12–November 22, 1959; Los Angeles County Museum, CA, February 22–April 3, 1960; City Art Museum of St. Louis, MO, May 3–June 12, 1960; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, September 14–October 16, 1960

General Notes

Note Type

Remarks

Note

Chronology Excerpt: “<i>Garden Hat</i> (1956), a smiling, nearly four-foot-tall papier-mâché on board, is included in <i>Recent Sculpture, U.S.A.</i> at the Museum of Modern Art from May 13 to August 16 [1959] in New York City alongside work by Alexander Calder (1898–1976), John Chamberlain (1927–2011), and David Smith (1906–1965). A. L. Channin, writing on the survey in <i>The New York Times</i>, remarks: ‘Since the war America has witnessed a phenomenal upsurge of sculpture. As startling as the constant output of new works are the unorthodox ideas they express.’”

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Create Date

August 27, 2025

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Update Date

September 16, 2026