hands from Bishop (3-D printed replica), Rajat Shanbhag

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Rajat Shanbhag, hands from Bishop (3-D printed replica)
Rajat Shanbhag, hands from Bishop (3-D printed replica)
Rajat Shanbhag
hands from Bishop (3-D printed replica)
2017
Rajat Shanbhag, artist
born 1990
hands from Bishop (3-D printed replica), 2017
Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Material/technique: plastic
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): dimensions for .a 9 x 8 x 5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 3 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 15/16 in
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): dimensions for .b 12 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 4 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 2 3/16 in
Credit line: Gift of the artist
Accession number: C2017.077.01.a,b
Not on display
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These 3D printed hands are modeled after a pair of wooden hands that were once attached to a bishop sculpture made by the School of Riemenschneider around 1500. Both the hands and the bishop are currently on view in the upstairs exhibition The Object Speaks. In the 1980s, medieval art historian Marilyn Stokstad determined that the hands were not original to the sculpture, and were perhaps added in the 1600s. Based on this determination, the Spencer removed the hands from the sculpture. They now function as independent sculptures, positioned upright with the wrists as a base. The right hand appears to be holding something in its palm. This rectangular object extends through the gap of the thumb and pointer finger.

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: The Object Feels
Spencer Museum of Art Interns 2016–2017, curator
2017

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