Frozen Fish

Frozen Fish
Frozen Fish, detail
Frozen Fish, signature
Inventory
Collection Number: 
17687
Building: 
Object Description
Artist Dates: 
1918 - 2020
Artist Nationality: 
Hungarian
Accession Date: 
2021
Object Type: 
Details: 
This sculpture depicts a group of four fish frozen within the fixed material of pink marble.
Framed: 
No
Length: 
15 inches
Width: 
2 1/4 inches
Height: 
10 inches
Description: 

Gabriella Polony Mountain's work includes four major themes. The first three themes are clearly recognizable as the Cosmos, Nature, and Figural works with the fourth theme encompassing history, philosophy, and culture. In her life as an artist, Polony Mountain worked with many different medium including mosaics, weavings, sculpture, stained glass, and repousse. Sculpture is a three dimensional branch of the visual arts. In traditional forms of sculpture, the materials used were easily accessible and consisted of stone, metal, wood, ceramics. The process for creating sculpture is as varied as the materials used and include carving, modelling, molded, cast, welded. These days the sculptural form is one with fewer boundaries in terms of material and process.

In this sculpture made from pink marble with black striations, Polony Mountain creates a a contained space for a group of frozen fish. Two of the fish head's appear in the upper corners with one on either side, one fish head is centrally located, and another is located at the bottom. Circles and sharp lines contrast one another in this organic confined space. Her initials are written in black marker and located near the mouth of the fish across the bottom.

Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape: 
Yes
Make slides or videotapes for educational use: 
Yes
Permit the general public to photograph the work : 
Yes