In the Park
Date1986-1987
Artist
Bernard Felch
(American artist, 1925–2008)
MediumTerracotta
Dimensions97 × 360 in. (246.4 × 914.4 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1987
Object number1987-118
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextBernard Felch’s site-specific, carved brick walls can be found in private and public spaces throughout Delaware and Pennsylvania. In the Park was commissioned by the Delaware Art Museum, and over 950 bricks were hand carved, shaped, numbered, and glazed to create this abstraction of branches and foliage.
Fred Comegys
September 26, 2010
