Patriot

Patriot, 1954, papier-mâché and fur, 14 x 11 x 6 1/2 inches

Patriot, 1954, papier-mâché and fur, 14 x 11 x 6 1/2 inches

Name/Title

Patriot

Entry/Object ID

253

Artwork Details

Medium

Papier-mâché and fur

Made/Created

Artist

Paul Harris

Date made

1954

Edition

Edition Size

1 of 1

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous PH Estate Inventory Number

Other Number

21.00

Dimensions

Height

14 in

Width

11 in

Depth

6-1/2 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

needs restoration, hair missing, cracks on both cheeks and either side of the chin

Exhibition

<i>Paul Harris</i>, Poindexter Gallery, New York, NY, September 20–October 8, 1960

General Notes

Note Type

Remarks

Note

Chronology Excerpt: “Opens his first solo exhibition with Poindexter Gallery, on view from May 19 to June 6 at 21 West 56th Street alongside the British sculptor Mary Frank (b. 1933)—his first in New York City. A reviewer in <i>Arts</i> remarks: ‘With a certain specific, contemporary anecdote in mind, Paul Harris molds papier-mache into a sturdy, critical, witty series of nine masks . . . <i>Patriot</i> glitters in glaucous, snowy enamel, triumphantly coifed in yellow-white hair, her sightless socketed eyes ready to ferret out subversion, the oval, lipless mouth continually in chatter, wherein is seen her triumphant red, white and blue tongue.’”

Create Date

August 27, 2025

Update Date

September 18, 2026