presepio figure, male, Giuseppe Sanmartino

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Giuseppe Sanmartino, presepio figure, male
Giuseppe Sanmartino, presepio figure, male
Giuseppe Sanmartino
presepio figure, male
late 1700s
Giuseppe Sanmartino, artist
1720–1793
presepio figure, male, late 1700s
Where object was made: Naples, Italy
Material/technique: leather; paint; wire; wood; lace; cotton; twine; terracotta
Dimensions:
Object Height (Height): 38.2 cm
Object Height (Height): 15 1/16 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 0000.1803
Not on display
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Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU

This figure is featured in Ann Hamilton’s figura series from 2012–2013, which she created during a residency at the Spencer Museum of Art. Hamilton used a scanning process to create the haunting image of this figure’s downcast gaze.

Exhibitions

An Errant Line: Ann Hamilton / Cynthia Schira
Susan Earle, curator
2013
Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU
Celka Straughn, curator
2017–2018
Presepio: An Expanded View
Susan Earle, curator
2018–2019