Art Institute of Chicago: Man of Sorrow – by Marion Perkins

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Man of Sorrow – by Marion Perkins

1950/Marble

Temporary Exhibition: They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration [1910-1950].

March 3, 2013 – June 2, 2013.

Marion Perkins was a self taught Chicago artist [1908-1961], who usually worked with scrap stones from abandoned buildings.. He began with carving soap into faces and figures, and moved to carving stones salvaged from abandoned buildings.

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Man of Sorrow - by Marion Perkins

Man of Sorrow – by Marion Perkins

 

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