Boy Called Boy

Artist Tod Pardon American, born 1952

Date1999

MediumSilver, gold, unfired vitreous enamel, pigment, enamel paint, wood, bone, beads

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (14 x 24.1 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Dexter Guy Pardon

Object number2004.1

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Not on view

Collections

Sculpture
American Paintings & Sculpture

Signedon the underside of the base in black marking pen, block printed upper and lower case "T. Pardon"

Inscribed"Boy Called Boy" inscribed in the metal on the inside of the neck. On the underside of the base in black marking pen, there is an arrow pointing to one side and "BLUE" written below it to indicate that the side of the figure that has a predominantly blue ground should face in that direction; the opposite side has "BLACK" and an arrow for the same purpose. Also written on the base is BOY CALLED BOY/T.Pardon/1999"

MarkingsAn applied silver hallmark 'plaque' with the artist's name, marked sterling on the inside near the bottom of one of the 'legs'

DescriptionIn two parts, the upper, and main, figural element has a round tenon extending from each of the two legs and these mortise into the ebony plinth atop the padouk base. This is a loose fit and should have tacky wax when exhibited. The ground color medium on the figure, black on the primary side (per artist) and blue on the opposite, is unfired vitreous enamel, The bright colors are described by the artist as pigment. The black tongue is enamel paint on metal. The black neck rings are glass. These details re medium and orientation provided by artist verbally, on 1/24/2013.Exhibition History"Whim-Whams of Bugaboos: The Lyrical Angst of Tod Pardon", The Hyde Collection, February 25, 2001 - May 20, 2001.

"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013.

"Modernist Sculpture", Feibes & Schmitt Gallery, The Hyde Collection, June 15 - July 18, 2018 and November 19- December 30, 2018Provenance2004, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust