Norman Scott "Butch" Quinn Folk Art Mixed Media Sculpture

Item Details

Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn (Pennsylvania, 1939-2006)
Untitled, late 20th century
Mixed media sculpture on metal pedestal
Unsigned

A mixed media sculpture by self-taught American artist Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn (Pennsylvania, 1939-2006), dated late 20th century. This work exhibits the artist’s typical style and creative method featuring a conjunction of metal, cables, sequins, vinyl tile, wooden panels and dotted acrylic pigments to depict various abstract zoomorphic forms. The work is unsigned and is presented on a metal pedestal.

Norman Scott “Butch” Quinn didn’t begin making art until the age of 35. He began making collages and paintings with found objects, paints, markers and other mixed medias exemplary of outsider and folk art. He was born June 16, 1939 in Oil City, PA. He is entirely untrained and his works combine elements of fantasy, religion and common life. Today, his works can be found in the collection of the Museum of American Folk Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Institution Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., the Clarion University of Pennsylvania Museum and the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

Condition

- to fair; overall wear, discoloration, scratches, stains, minor dirt residue, minor sequins loss, glue residue, minor corrosion to metal surfaces and small areas of paint loss throughout the sculpture.

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Item #

18DCC649-023